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Trump Calls Himself a King

Troll-in-chief Donald Trump blocked New York City’s congestion pricing program, reversing a federal approval granted last year. The congestion toll charges drivers $9 to enter Manhattan, and it was successful in easing Manhattan’s notorious congestion and helped fund public transit.

Trump’s action is out of pocket, unconstitutional, and just another example of him acting as if he’s a king who isn’t subject to any laws and can do whatever he pleases.

Trump celebrated his action online, posting on Truth Social: “CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!”

The White House’s official Instagram account shared an image of Trump with a crown and the words “LONG LIVE THE KING.”

Nary a word of protest from conservatives, they weren’t offended in the least by the spectacle of the president of the greatest democracy in the world acting like a king and calling himself a king.

The MAGA crowd ridiculed liberals for being offended and praised Trump’s gift of trolling. But can you imagine if President Barack Obama had referred to himself as a king? They would have said: Maybe he’s the King of Kenya, or perhaps he’s one of those faux Nigerian princes who swindles white Americans out of their money.

If Joe Biden had called himself a king, Trump’s followers would have compared him to King George III of Great Britain who suffered from dementia.

Trump is not a king, he is a wannabe dictator, and a sorry excuse for a president.

Trump and Musk Girl Crush on Each Other on Hannity

Donald Trump and Elon Musk expressed gushing admiration for each other on “Hannity.” Interviewed together in the White House, the lovebirds spoke of each other in such endearing terms that Sean Hannity was moved to say: “I feel like I’m interviewing two brothers here.”

Brothers? I got more of a “booty brothers” vibe, they acted like two middle school girls who just discovered that they have a girl crush on each other.

I did not think that the sociopath Trump and the autistic Musk could develop an attraction so deep that they would whisper sweet nothings on national TV.

“I love the president, I just want to be clear about that,” the gazillionaire said. “I think President Trump is a good man. The president has been so unfairly attacked in the media, it’s really outrageous.”

I have never heard Melania publicly declare that she loves her husband, and I have likewise never heard her say that he is a good man.

Trump loves speaking in superlatives, and he heaped praise on the love of his life calling him “caring” “amazing”, “brilliant guy” and a “great guy.”

I’m surprised Hannity didn’t tell them “get a room”, especially considering the Lincoln bedroom was available for them to consummate their passion.

They accused the media of trying to drive them apart, by suggesting that Musk was the real power behind the throne.

Is this a love destined to last forever, or will the megalomaniac Trump finally get tired of Musk stealing his spotlight?

Trump: ‘He Who Saves His Country Does Not Violate any Law’

Donald Trump’s fascist philosophy summarized in one-sentence, “He who saves his Country does not violate any law”, is pinned atop his Truth Social profile.

This quotation is attributed to Napolean Bonaparte a narcissist personality who like Trump had an illusion of grandiosity, a craving for admiration and a singular lack of empathy.

This reminds me of Richard Nixon’s infamous line: “Well when the president does it, that means it is not illegal.” The Republican Party of the 1970’s wasn’t as cynical and corrupt as Trump’s GOP, and Republican statesmen joined their Democratic colleagues in forcing Nixon to resign.

Trump makes Nixon look like a piker, and his scandals and assaults on democracy makes Watergate look like a peccadillo.

In his first weeks of his presidency Trump has dramatically expanded the power of the executive branch by issuing over a hundred executive orders that impede on the House’s power of the purse and that have challenged the judiciary branch.

Trump’s execrable line is basically a “FU” to the legal challenges that he faces, he is drunk with power and confident that he will prevail over Congress, the Supreme Court and everyone who still believes in our democracy.

“He who serves his Country does not violate any law” is a challenge to those of us who aren’t enthralled by the authoritarian sociopath. Are we going to let Trump destroy our democracy? I hope we will do everything within our power to defend our democracy from Trump and his enablers, supporters, and sycophants.

Is JD Vance a Worse Human Being than Trump?

Donald Trump is a pathological liar, serial adulterer, adjudicated rapist, wannabe dictator, conniving fraudster, lifelong racist, and just a general stinking pile of human shit.

If the Almighty finally has enough of the orange messiah and smites the morbidly obese sociopath with a heart attack, we’ll be better off with JD Vance as president, right? Maybe not.

But is the cynical bastard who once called Trump a “moral disaster, cynical asshole, cultural heroin and possible America’s Hitler” and who experienced an epiphany and now praises Trump as the MAGA messiah who will make America great again, really an improvement?

Say what you will about Trump, and there is plenty negative to say about the blathering idiot, but he would never allow anyone to insult his wife. Trump is no wimpy Ted Cruz; he would go nuclear against anyone foolish enough to denigrate his trophy wife.

Marko Elez, a 25-year-old DOGE employee, is a blatant racist who has posted many racist posts on X, including:

“Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool.”

“You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity.”

“Normalize Indian hate.”

After the Wall Street Journal exposed Elez’ racist tweets, he resigned from DOGE in disgrace. Elon Musk ran a poll on X asking if he should be rehired, and of course 80 percent Of X’s racist subscribers said he should be rehired. And of course, the racist Trump administration rehired Elez.

Did JD Vance who is married to an Indian American, and has three children with her denounce the racism of the DOGE employee and demand that he never be rehired? Not exactly.

Here was Vance’s reaction:

I obviously disagree with some of Elez’s posts, but I don’t think stupid social media activity should ruin a kid’s life. We shouldn’t reward journalists who try to destroy people. Ever. So, I say bring him back. If he’s a bad dude or a terrible member of the team, fire him for that.

What a cowardly piece of garbage! Elez is an unrepentant racist who never apologized for his racist tweets, and that automatically makes him a bad dude who has no business being a member of DOGE.

Unfortunately, Trumpism will not die with Trump, not as long as there are assholes like Vance and his ilk in prominent positions in government.

Elon Musk and Lil X Dominate Oval Office Presser with Donald Trump

MAGA King Donald Trump and zillionaire Elon Musk appeared together at the Oval Office, where they defended Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) unconstitutional and draconian efforts to downsize the federal government and slash spending.

Whenever the megalomaniac Trump appears in a photo-op with any of his aides, his sycophants defer to their Dear Leader, gaze lovingly at him, and speak only if he deigns to give them a few seconds to lavish praise on him.

But this time Musk dominated the presser, he spoke at length and most of the reporters, cognizant of who the real power is, addressed their questions to him, and not Trump.

In fact, Trump was the third wheel, all the attention was focused on Musk and his four-year-old son X Æ A-Xii, affectionally known as “Lil X.” The little brat made faces and picked his nose while his dad spoke. At one time Lil X was about a foot away from Trump while he was picking his nose, and the president remarked that he was a little genius.

Can you imagine if Kanye West visited the Oval Office with his five-year-old son Psalm West in tow, and the little kid picked his nose? I guarantee racist Trump wouldn’t feel led of the Spirit to call him a genius, and the infamous germaphobe would be terrified that he might touch him and infect him with his boogers.

The tech entrepreneur has 12 children with three different women, and I doubt Lil X receives much attention from his father, which is probably a good thing. Trump bought Twitter, rebranded it X, and turned it into a toxic waste site, let’s hope Lil X fares better than X.

Ms. Rachel is the Biggest Star on Netflix

Rachel Accurso, better known as Ms. Rachel, worked as a music teacher at a public preschool in New York City before finding fame and fortune as a YouTuber creating content for toddlers and preschoolers.

Ms. Rachel is beloved by babies and toddlers all over the world, and their mothers, and even by men like me who do not have any children but are mesmerized by her transcendent beauty, talent and charm.

Ms. Rachel is now one of the biggest stars on Netflix. The streaming giant released a four-part series featuring the popular content creator. The first four episodes consist of a “curated compilation” of Ms. Rachel’s YouTube videos.

Ms. Rachel always wears a pink headband, a lavender T-shirt, and overalls. Back in the day, I used to wear trendy Guess overalls, but Ms. Rachel’s overalls have more of an Oshkosh vibe. Ms. Rachel is the epitome of goodness and wholesomeness, but for her older male fans she is also a sex symbol. May God forgive my prurient curiosity, but I wonder if she wears pink thongs underneath her overalls.

Ms. Rachel sings nursery rhymes and dances on her videos. I would not be surprised if one day she had a pop hit on the Billboard charts, after all she’s a professional singer who released a studio album in 2006.

My sister tells me that Gaddy, her grandson, is enthralled by Ms. Rachel. He may be only 11 months, but he is already learning words like “up”, “down” and “go.” At least she thinks so, it is hard to decipher the speech of a toddler.

I recommend the Ms. Rachel show on Netflix for babies, toddlers, and their mothers, and for horny old guys like me.

Trump and Israel Seek to Ethnically Cleanse Gaza

“According to a United Nations agency and a growing number of experts and rights organisations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, Israel has committed genocidal acts against the Palestinian people.”

Wikipedia

Israel responded to the barbaric attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023, against primarily Israeli civilians by unleashing a counteroffensive that quickly degenerated from a just retaliatory military action against wanton terrorism into a textbook case of deliberate and systematic genocide.

You don’t need to be a member of an international court of law to deduce that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza. More than 47,000 Palestinians, the majority civilians, have been killed in Israel’s offensive, and more than 100,000 have been injured. Most of Gaza’s two million residents have been internally displaced, many multiple times, and most of Gaza’s infrastructure, including primary schools, universities, mosques and hospitals have been bombed into rubble. You have to be morally blind and an Islamophobe not to conclude that Israel is guilty of genocide.

Trump wants to legitimize and finish off the genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza. He said that he wants Egypt and Jordan to take in Palestinians from Gaza.

Describing Gaza as a “demolition site”, Trump said: “You’re talking about probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing”. He said that the move “could be temporary or could be long-term”.

“Clean out the whole thing.” He might as well have said that Gaza needs to be completely ethnically cleansed so that the Jews from Israel can move in.

Both Hamas and the Palestinian Authority condemned the proposal. Jordan and Egypt have also rejected the idea.

Even though Gaza has been reduced to rubble, Palestinians have a strong attachment to their homeland, and they would never willingly leave.

The authoritarian Trump administration and the Zionist regime must not be allowed to ethnically cleanse Gaza.

The Symbiotic Relationship Between Trump and White Evangelicals

The toxic and symbiotic relationship between Donald Trump and white evangelicals has changed since 2016 when the Bible thumpers initially tentatively embraced the amoral bastard.

Back then they were queasy and hesitant to publicly support the pathological liar, serial philanderer and unethical real estate tycoon. The sanctimonious hypocrites distanced themselves from his immoral conduct, penchant for uttering profanities and petty vindictiveness, but they embraced his stand against abortion and his affinity for the Zionist state of Israel.

They regarded Trump as a corrupt politician but nevertheless a messiah chosen by the Almighty to Make America Great Again and to turn back the tide of moral decadence.

But now white evangelicals are as corrupt, petty and vindictive as their Dear Leader. Trump has a cultlike hold on his evangelical devotees, and they support him not despite the fact that he’s amoral, but precisely because he’s a ruthless moral monster who’s on a mission from God to destroy liberals.

In 2016 they cringed when Trump uttered an obscenity at his MAGA rallies, now they laugh and recite the profanity along with him. They experience a spiritual orgasm when Trump engages in violent and hateful rhetoric. In short, they have become indistinguishable from their evil leader, and they have turned into the moral decadence that is ruining our great democracy.

The end stage of this symbiotic relationship is when the parasite from hell Trump, has sucked every last drop of goodness that may have existed at one time in the white evangelical movement.

Nothing Will Warm You During the Frigid Winter Like a Dog

It’s the middle of winter, the thermometer flirts with the freezing point, the sun hides behind the menacing clouds, and spring is nowhere near the horizon. We gird ourselves against the frigid cold as we don a Snuggie, sip hot cocoa, tend a roaring fireplace, or turn a space heater all the way up.

Warm clothes, hot cocoa and a dependable source of heat are necessary for dealing with the harsh elements, but a pooch is indispensable for facing the most unforgiving season.

There is nothing more heartwarming than cuddling next to a doggie whose fur is like a built-in heating pad guaranteed to keep you warm even at the chilliest of nights.

Man’s best friend will keep your body and soul warm, there is no better feeling than sleeping next to a loyal and loving four-legged person who always has your best interests at heart.

Your lover or your spouse may or may not cuddle with you when the weather dips, depending on their mood, but canines with their inherently docile and gentle temperament will gladly stick by your side.

A wealthy person may live in a mansion with a state-of-the-art heating system, but if he does not have a furry companion, he will never be as toasty as a person living in a humble home with a dog.

As I peck away at the keyboard, Princess is staring at me with her fervent eyes, making me feel warm, even as the temperatures outside are in the teens.

Homophobe Franklin Graham Will Deliver Invocation at Trump Inauguration

On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was sworn in as the Chancellor of Germany and the Nazi Party assumed control. No Jewish Germans were present to celebrate the ascendancy of their arch enemy as the absolute ruler of Germany.

On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the President of the United States, and the MAGA movement will control the presidency, both chambers of Congress and the Supreme Court. Unfortunately, Log Cabin Republicans and other gay Republicans will be president to celebrate the return to power of the enemy of the LGBTQ community.

The invocation at Trump’s inauguration will be delivered by two raging homophobes: evangelical minister Franklin Graham and Roman Catholic Cardinal Timothy Dolan. Both of these “men of God” are well known for their vitriolic anti-gay rhetoric. Graham said celebrating LGBTQ Pride is like celebrating “lying, adultery, or murder” and he castigated Pete Buttigieg for having the temerity to be and out and proud gay man. Dolan is a vehement opponent of same-sex marriage, and he said gay people are entitled to “friendship” not sexual love.”

The closing prayer will feature Rabbi Ari Berman, an Orthodox Jew, a branch of the Jewish faith that is not LGBTQ affirming. It seems like the organizers of the Trump inauguration went out of their way to feature the most notorious anti-gay clergy.

Why would any self-respecting member of the LGBTQ community attend an inauguration ceremony with such a glaring anti-gay vibe? I won’t even watch this travesty on TV.

Why is Trump Glaring in His Inaugural Photo?

Donald Trump’s newest official portrait, captured by his chief photographer, Daniel Torok, and not by a vindictive tabloid paparazzo perfectly captures his malevolent essence.  

In the photo, the president-elect dons a stern expression, eyebrow cocked as if he is contemplating what evil he is going to unleash in the next four years. The disturbing image deliberately bears an uncanny resemblance to Trump’s mug shot, as if he wants to convey the message that his enemies must gird themselves for biblical style retribution and vengeance.

Trump is depicted sternly squinting, bathed from lighting from below, as if the faux lighting is emanating from the pit of hell. This photo is an antithesis of portraitists who employ “heavenly light” to express God’s delight in the object of their painting.

Nobody should be surprised that Trump is not smiling, he eschews smiling in photos because he equates smiles with weakness and scowls with strength.

This is the image which will be printed in the programs his MAGA cultists will clutch on Inauguration Day, reminding them that their orange messiah is no wimpy Jesus.

The grifter-in-chief has a talent for hawking Trump-branded merchandize to his devotees, and I would not be surprised if he sells a signed limited-edition print of his official inaguaration portrait.

I will not be buying any prints of his photographs, and I will studiously avoid watching his unsmiling ugly mug whenever it pollutes my TV screen.

Nancy Mace Challenges Jasmine Crockett to a Fight on House Floor

Stop me if you’ve heard this refrain before, but a meeting of the House Oversight Committee erupted into chaos when MAGA lightning rod Rep. Nancy Mace challenged rising star Dem. Rep Jasmine Crockett to a fight.

Mace got her panties into a twist when Crockett called her “child” while criticizing her obsession with anti-trans messaging. This anti-trans hysteria is endemic in the GOP, Republican politicians bash trans people to raise funds and energize their base.

“Somebody’s campaign coffers really are struggling right now,” Crockett said of Mace. “So she can’t keep saying trans, trans, trans, so that people will feel threatened. And child, listen—”

Mace immediately interrupted, yelling: “I am no child! Do not call me a child. I am no child. Don’t even start. I am a grown woman, 47 years old.” There is no better way to prove that you are not a child than by screaming hysterically in a setting where decorum and civility should prevail.

While Crockett tried to continue speaking, Mace shouted, escalating the matter to a new level, challenging her to a physical confrontation:

 “I have broken more glass ceilings. You will not do that. I am not a child. … If you want to take it outside, we can do that.”

Mace is an evangelical Christian who wears her religion on her sleeve. With so many MAGA evangelicals in Congress who engage in histrionics, threaten violence, eschew civility, and demonize racial and sexual minorities we should prepare ourselves for many more spectacles.

Joe Biden: I Won’t Be ‘Out of Sight, Out of Mind’

Ten days before President Joe Biden leaves office and President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in for a second term, he ruled out staying away from the public limelight.

“I’m not going to be out of sight and out of mind, “he told reporters at the White House.

Traditionally, presidents keep a low profile after leaving office, and Biden would be well-advised to follow the well-established custom.

It is ironic Biden promised not to be out of sight and out of mind, considering he’s been out of public view his entire tenure, rarely granting any interviews and eschewing press conferences.

He has been out of mind, literally, for at least the last few years, it’s been sad watching dementia inexorably taking a toll on his mental faculties.

There is a special place reserved in hell for Jill Biden, and the other elder abusing aides who hid Biden’s dementia from the public.

Trying to stay in the public spotlight is an exercise in futility anyway, there is no way a geriatric Biden can garner even a smidgen of attention away from the crazy and chaotic Donald Trump.

Biden’s stubborn refusal to accept his mental and physical decline and his fateful decision to decline to run for reelection resulted in Trump’s comfortable victory. Everyone, even progressives, are sick and tired of Biden, and we hope he rides off in his wheelchair into the sunset.

Jimmy Carter the Evangelical

Jimmy Carter was a Renaissance man: a prolific author, compassionate humanitarian, amateur painter, skilled carpenter, nuclear engineer, Nobel Prize winner, tireless peacemaker, peanut farmer, Navy lieutenant, former president of the United States, and an evangelical.

This essay is about Carter the evangelical; I don’t mean any disrespect by calling him a religious slur. He was a liberal evangelical before the Christian Right went on a crusade to elect Ronald Reagan, a B-movie actor, to the White House. He was an evangelical before an amoral Donald Trump and his army of racist and homophobic evangelicals made “evangelical” one of the most despised words in the American lexicon.

Jimmy Carter was a down-to-earth Christian who taught Sunday school not in the ornate National Cathedral in D.C. but in the humble Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia.

The former president expressed his faith by eradicating diseases in Africa, monitoring elections all over the world, and building houses for the homeless. He didn’t need to stage any photo-ops holding a Bible in front of a house of worship, we could see that his faith was real by his lifetime commitment to doing unto others as you would have them done to you.

In the aftermath of Watergate, Carter made the following campaign promise:

“I’ll never tell a lie.”

No man is perfect, and no man, especially a politician, can survive in the ruthless world of politics without telling a lie. But no man came closest to living a life free from guile than Carter.

Trump Wants to Rename Gulf of Mexico ‘Gulf of America’

“President-elect Donald Trump proposed renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” citing U.S. dominance and economic activity in the region, while also hinting at tariffs on Mexico over drug trafficking concerns.”

TimesNowNews.Com

Donald Trump, aka the stable genius, and wannabe oceanographer doesn’t know the difference between a gulf, a bay and an ocean, nevertheless he wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.”

I see no need to rename the Gulf of Mexico, considering that the US gulf coastline is smaller than the Mexican gulf coastline. Anyway, it was known as the Gulf of Mexico or “Gulfo de Mexico”, long before there was an entity called America, created in a territory formerly occupied by indigenous people from Mexico and the United States.

I am actually surprised Trump, the noted egomaniac, doesn’t float buoys in the gulf branded with his name, and renames it the “Gulf of Trump.”

MAGA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she would quickly introduce a bill renaming the Gulf of Mexico, shortly after hearing the Dear Leader’s remarks. Her bill will quickly pass since the House is infested with Trump sycophants, but Mexicans, most Americans and the rest of the world will still call it the Gulf of Mexico.

Regardless of what it’s called, Trump the climate change denier will “drill baby drill” and pollute the Gulf of Mexico with offshore oil and natural gas rigs.

Trump hasn’t been inaugurated yet but he’s already chaos and confusion with his ridiculous statements.

Trump’s White House Needs a Pet to Counter the Oppressive Evil

It is hard to reconcile the vengeful and horrific acts of the Old Testament deity with the loving and forgiving nature of the Jesus Christ of the New Testament. How can a devout person rationalize the Hebrew Bible’s endorsement of slavery, genocide, homophobia, misogyny, and xenophobia? Except for Noah and his family, Jehovah drowned every human being in the world including babies, pregnant women, the elderly and the mentally feeble. That is horrific beyond imagination, but what’s even worse was the wholesale murder of innocent and sentient animals who are incapable of evil thoughts or deeds and are at the mercy of humans and God.

You do not have to believe in the Calvinist doctrine of the total depravity of man, to concur that people really suck.

When Joe Biden’s term ends, his last remaining pet, a tabby called Willow, will leave with him, leaving the White House bereft of cats and dogs.

Even the best politicians like Biden are inherently corrupt to some extent, and the worst like incoming President Donald Trump are incorrigible moral monsters.

The White House needs a loyal dog, a mischievous but loveable cat or what the hell even a hamster, to counter the evil of the people who live and work there.

Trump has given no indication that he is going to bring a pet with him. None of the lap dogs in his Cabinet qualify as pets, and I would not want to be anywhere near the vicinity of this pet-free infernal building.

Mike Johnson Reads Fake Prayer from Thomas Jefferson

Evangelicals preach a revisionist history that teaches that America is a Christian nation founded on biblical values, and they vehemently proclaim that the founding fathers were fire-breathing Puritans.

Most of the founding fathers were deists, not theists, and if alive today they would be more comfortable attending a mainline Protestant church than an evangelical one.

Benjamin Franklin was a deist and member of the Hellfire Club, notorious for drunken debaucheries. Thomas Jefferson also a deist valued reason over revelation and rejected traditional Christian doctrines. In fact, he was so contemptuous of conventional Christian beliefs that he wrote “The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth”, commonly referred to as “The Jefferson Bible” which included no signs of Jesus’s divinity.

Shortly after being reelected as House Speaker, Christian Nationalist Mike Johnson read a prayer falsely attributed to Thomas Jefferson, which has been debunked by historians, scholars and even the Thomas Jefferson Foundation.

The spurious quotation known as the “National Prayer for Peace” ends with the words:

“In time of prosperity fill our hearts with thankfulness, and in the day of trouble, suffer not our trust in Thee to fail; all of which we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.”

Jefferson, a staunch supporter of the separation of church and state, would have considered it anathema to invoke “Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Jefferson is probably rolling over in his grave at the thought of a self-righteous Christian politician misquoting him to mislead people into thinking he was a Bible thumper.

Taliban Bans Windows So Women Can’t Be Seen

“The Taliban has banned windows in residential buildings to stop women from being seen while they are at home in Afghanistan.

‘Seeing women working in kitchens, in courtyards or collecting water from wells can lead to obscene acts.’”

Independent

The Abrahamic religions, Christianity, Islam and Judaism, are inherently patriarchic and misogynist by design.

Since seizing power in 2021 the Taliban has declared war on women, blocking them from the workplace, education, and public places. Women are prohibited from singing or reading aloud.

Women are such a threat to the patriarchy that the Taliban seeks to render them invisible. The sight of a women collecting water from a well can lead men to commit “obscene acts.” Are they referring to masturbation; what a sexually repressive theocracy.

Christian fundamentalists are just as misogynist as Islamist fundamentalists. Many evangelical churches cite 1 Corinthians 14: 34-35 as justification from banning women from leadership positions in the church:  

“As in all the churches of the saints, the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says. And if they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is improper for a woman to speak in church.”

The mere sight of a woman is a threat to the established order in the Taliban’s Afghanistan and Trump’s America.

Religious zealots can board up every window in every building but they can’t make women disappear.

Because Trump, My Annual List of New Year’s Resolutions Postponed

New Year’s resolutions are goals individuals make to improve their family life, career prospects, spiritual growth and civic engagement.

This annual tradition is predicated on possessing a measure of optimism about the future.

But a person staring at the abyss, contemplating living the next four under the reign of a raging sociopath, afflicted with dementia and whose agenda is chaos, isn’t going to have any damn New Year’s resolutions.

So, for the first time in decades, I will not post my annual list of New Year’s resolutions.

Only lunatics or a mentally challenged persons would have the audacity to post a list of goals to improve their lives when the writing is on the wall that our democracy will devolve into a fascist Christian nationalist dystopia.

My annual list of New Year’s resolutions is postponed until the Almighty acts like a vengeful and bloodthirsty Old Testament deity again and smites Donald Trump with a terminal case of brain cancer and gonorrhea.

Happy New Year!

Why is Trump Teasing Takeovers of Greenland and the Panama Canal?

Donald Trump shares a trait common with most dictators, a compulsion to expand the territory of their country. He has expressed a desire to take control of the Panama Canal, to purchase Greenland and he even joked about making Canada the 51st state.

Authoritarian leaders invent bogus reasons for expanding their borders, for example Putin falsely claimed De-Nazification of Ukraine as pretext for war.

Trump is falsely claiming that the Panama Canal and Greenland pose serious economic and national security threats to the USA.

Trump’s threat to buy Greenland is especially nonsensical given that it is a semiautonomous state owned by Denmark, a NATO member. Greenland no more poses a security threat to the United States than Jeffrey Epstein’s Lolita Island.

Maybe Trump, the former real estate developer, thinks that Greenland is a lush paradise where he can build golf courses, not realizing that contrary to the nation’s name, 80 percent of Greenland is covered in ice with only the southern portion being green.

Trump doesn’t have any real intentions to militarily take control of the Panama Canal, he is just trying to intimidate Panama to lower the fees it charges to use its namesake canal.

Trump is using his threats to take control of Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal to energize his base. On Truth Social, he posted an image of an American flag planted in the middle of the Panama Canal.

But the only thing he is accomplishing is making America a laughingstock in the world community.

Missing GOP Rep. Kay Granger Found Living in an Assisted Living Facility

“A Republican Congresswoman who has been ‘missing’ for the past six months has finally been found.

Granger has served as the representative for Texas’s 12th Congressional District since 1997.

However, she suddenly disappeared from the public eye around July this year, when she cast her final vote…”

WCBM

Although Granger, 81, is residing at an assisted living facility specializing in memory care, she is still on the congressional payroll.

The dementia impaired lawmaker has been residing at the nursing facility since she was found wandering lost and confused in her former West 7th neighborhood.

Granger reminds me of another octogenarian with memory issues with a penchant for wandering lost and confused, notably President Joe Biden.

 Granger was already in visible decline when she ran for re-election in 2022. The Wall Street Journal recently published a bombshell report suggesting that Biden was already suffering from severe cognitive decline as early as 2021. White House aides covering up Biden’s severe cognitive decline, with allies insisting he was sharp, full of energy and mentally and physically equipped to run for reelection,

Republican Executive Committeeman Rolando Garcia described Granger’s predicament as a “sad and humiliating way to end her political career.”

But Granger’s humiliating last chapter pales in comparison to Joe Biden’s final act. Instead of keeping his implicit promise not to run for reelection, Biden’s hunger to retain power, and his arrogant belief that only he could defeat Trump, culminated in his humiliating late exit from the race, which guaranteed a Trump victory.

Pregnant Kentucky Woman Cited by Cop for Street Camping While in Labor

“A homeless woman in Kentucky was cited by police and had her mattress confiscated and destroyed as she went into labor on the streets of Louisville, local media reported.

The Guardian

The Christmas spirit is alive and well in Kentucky. A homeless pregnant woman whose water had broken, was cited and had her mattress confiscated by one of Louisville’s finest who take an oath to serve and protect.

Kentucky may have a draconian law that bans street camping, but if a police officer encounters a pregnant woman sleeping on a mattress on a sidewalk, the moral imperative should be to minister to her physical and medical needs.

I imagine that if LMPD Lieutenant Caleb Steward, who wrote the ticket, had been an innkeeper in Bethlehem back in the day not only would he have turned away Mary and Joseph, but he would have warned her to have her baby outside the city limits.

According to Wave3.Com “Stewart, who oversees LMPD’s 1st division, wrote more than half of all of the citations written for homeless people in the first three months of the Safer Kentucky Act’s new ‘anti-street camping policy.’”

These merciless and oppressive anti-homeless laws are ineffectual in dealing with the homeless crisis, they only serve to foster unfortunate (for the homeless) interactions with law enforcement.

Shame on Steward for aggressively enforcing the “anti-street camping policy”, he’s an embarrassment to LMPD, and to humanity at large.  

Tribute to Robert Paul Reyes Totally Written by Twitter/X’s Grok

Goodby cruel world, I’m totally replaceable. I asked Grok to write an essay about Robert Paul Reyes in the style of Robert Paul Reyes, and damn I swear that I, Robert Paul Reyes, wrote the damn thing:

Here I am, Robert Paul Reyes, the blogger who doesn’t give a damn about political correctness or sugar-coating the truth, writing about myself because, let’s face it, who else would do it with the right amount of sass and honesty?

I’ve been slinging words on the internet since Al Gore invented it, focusing on the trifecta of politics, religion, and the downright bizarre aspects of human behavior. In a world where everyone’s tiptoeing around issues, I’m the one kicking the door down with my opinions, especially when it comes to critiquing the morons in Washington or the hypocrisy of so-called “Christian” values in America.

My blog is like an unfiltered stream of consciousness where I spill the beans on Donald Trump’s latest Twitter tantrum or the absurdity of evangelical leaders supporting him. I don’t hold back. If you’re looking for a blog where the author pretends to be neutral, you’ve come to the wrong place. I’m as biased as they come, but I back my bias with facts, satire, and a healthy dose of humor.

I’ve been called everything from a progressive hero to a liberal loon, and I wear both labels with pride. My commentary isn’t for the faint-hearted or those who prefer their politics served lukewarm. I serve it hot, spicy, and with a side of outrage. I tackle subjects like racism, sexism, and xenophobia with the same vigor I use to mock holiday consumerism or celebrity shenanigans.

On social media, particularly X, I engage with the world in real-time, offering my take on the news faster than you can say “fake news.” My followers get a daily dose of my unapologetic views, which often lead to heated debates, laughter, or both. I’ve been known to stir the pot, but hey, if you can’t handle the heat, stay out of my kitchen.

My writing style? Imagine if Hunter S. Thompson and Dorothy Parker had a love child raised by the internet. I mix gonzo journalism with sharp wit, all while keeping it real. I’m not here to make friends in high places; I’m here to tell the truth as I see it, with a laugh and sometimes a scream.

In conclusion, I, Robert Paul Reyes, am a voice for those tired of the same old political discourse, a beacon for those who want their news with a side of satire, and a reminder that in this world of bullshit, someone needs to call it out, loud and clear. So here’s to me, the blogger who’s not afraid to piss off half the country while trying to wake up the other half.

written by AI Robert Paul Reyes

I Am So Over Christmas Traditions

“AMERICANS are ‘over’ Christmas traditions – with a third wanting to swap traditional turkey for a juicy burger.

The Sun

I am ready to swap the traditional Christmas turkey for a juicy burger, a delicious pizza, chicken wings or I can copy my Jewish friends and order Chinese takeout for Christmas.

It’s traditional for Jews to order takeout from Chinese restaurants on Christmas, because most Chinese restaurants are owned by Chinese who aren’t typically Christian, and they are open on Christmas Eve and Christmas day, making them the ideal place for Jewish people to dine over the holidays.

I hate turkey anyway, it is bland, dry, and not very appetizing. Most people like the fixings (stuffing, cranberry sauce, gravy, pumpkin pie and sweet rolls) more than they like the damn turkey.

Another Christmas tradition I want to eradicate is listening to Christmas songs. I would ban all Christmas carols except for “All I Want for Christmas is You” by the Queen of Christmas, Mariah Carey. If Christmas carolers came to my house I would sic Krampus on them.

Let’s not forget how awful Christmas movies are, the only thing more dreadful than a Christmas flick is a Lifetime picture. The only thing worse than purgatory would be watching a Lifetime Christmas movie. As with Christmas songs I would make an exception for Christmas movies, the only Christmas movie worth watching is “Die Hard.” Bah humbug with your Christmas movies, “Yippee-ki-yay, mother******!

Die Hard, Chinese takeout and Mariah Carey, that’s Christmas!

Who’s Classier Jill Biden or Melania Trump?

Since the dawn of the internet “Gilligan’s Island” fans have debated who’s hotter: Mary Ann the girl-next-door who is as wholesome as apple pie or the glamorous Ginger who is as spicy as Buffalo wings. The general consensus seems to be that guys would rather canoodle with Mary Ann on a porch swing that dirty dance with Ginger in a disco.

But there is no clear winner in the other brutal internet debate: who is the classiest first lady, Jill Biden, or Melania Trump?

Fans of Melania point to her haute couture, poised demeanor, super model good looks and elegant residences. Ironically, she has never appeared on the cover of Vogue, although some of her raciest pics from her modeling days could have been featured in Playboy.

Detractors of Melania point to her icy stare that can extinguish forest fires and her downward career trajectory from softcore magazine model to trophy wife to a sociopath.

Fans of Jill Biden emphasize her natural good looks, at age 73 she is still beautiful enough to garner second looks. Instead of just basking in the spotlight of her husband she humbly serves as a professor in a community college.

Melania has little respect for her spouse, evident by the way she frequently slaps his tiny hand when he seeks to hold hands. But Jill’s elder abuse in propping up her delusional and senile husband is much worse.

Who’s classier? Neither one! But Ginger and Mary Ann are both classy and hot!