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Now Blake Lively, actress is suing her former co-star and Director Jason Baldoni for sexual harassment.  Seems he sexually harassed her on the set of their movie 'It Ends With Us'.  Guess the lawsuit is where it is actually going to "End With Us".  But she claims he not only sexually harassed her but cast aspersions about her character, hurting her career, causing pain and suffering to her and her family.  We're a little bewildered here because isn't she married to the Deadpool guy, Ryan Reynolds?  Why didn't she just have the Deadpool guy beat this Jason Baldoni up?  What's a lawsuit going to do?  Give her money?  She's already got money.  C'mon Ryan Deadpool guy, go get that guy.

And the Congress got together under the umpteenth threat of Closing the Government, God forbid and passed a spending bill.  Like wow, we're all supposed to be thankful.  Sort of like getting presents on Christmas morning.  Now what would happen if they actually closed the Government?  Well the friends of the millionaires club also known as our Congress, wouldn't get paid.  OMG!  No, that would be double OMG or OMG!! which as readers of this column know, is the absolute end of it all.  An actual closing of the Government might last ten minutes or maybe a New York minute.  So, the next time they threaten this, don't get all excited because it ain't gonna, ever, happen.

And, what happened to the Drones?  For weeks before Christmas the Mass Hysteria was full of stories about The Drones, The Drones.  The Drones filling the skies over New Jersey, New York and even DJT's golf course and then...  Nothing, Nada, Zlich.  Where did they go?  And we're not sure which disappeared, The Drones or the stories about The Drones.  Either way, are we safe now?

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Mendacity

Would you give 15 million dollars to someone who was "liable for rape"?  Of course you don't have 15 million dollars but let's say you're some rich S.O.B. who has quite a few billion?  No!  You you would stand on principle.  Good for you.  

BTW why would anyone pay a rapist?  How would the victim feel?  Like she was raped again.  Right?  Well looks like you're not ABC news or George Stephanopoulos.  Because they did just that.  ABC just agreed to pay 15 million to Former and Future President of the United States DJT's Presidential library.  They also threw in another million for his lawyers.  All because George Stephanopoulos kept saying DJT was "liable for rape" when that, just wasn't true.  BTW, ABC and Stephanopoulos have got to be wondering why they have to pay for saying something that wasn't true.  And, at this point can we say...  The truth hurts.

And as the skies over New Jersey and New York fill with not Christmas lights but those of unknown origin Drones, all manner of culprits have been assigned to their source.  It's Iran, the Hamasses, the Hezbollalas or even the evil empire themselves, the Russians!  But we kind of doubt it's any of them, as the Hamassess are going extinct, the Hezbollalas are running for cover, Iran sold all it's Drones to the Russians and the Russians are stuck in the mud.  Our Federal Government claims they don't know but it's nothing to worry about.  No one believes them, not even other politicians.  Which if we stop to think about it, is kind of refreshing for a change.  But before this turns into another Covid miss information saga or gets labeled Dronegate, let us say we think the Drones are ours.  The Drones have the good ole U.S. of A. stamped all over them.  Nothing else makes sense, not even Aliens.  So now you ask why would the Government lie?  Very simple, it's what they do.

And CNN got caught with their pants down.  Seems they interviewed a supposed prisoner held by Assad in Syria.  It turned out out that he wasn't  an actual prisoner but rather a brutal prison guard.  We're not saying the whole scene played out like a bad segment of Jerry Springer, Real Housewives or some other not quite, Reality Show but a whole lot of other people are saying so.  CNN is claiming they were duped.  This would be really bad for CNN, a really big blow to their status and credibility except, well...  No one watches them anymore.  

Mendacity definition: untruthfulness, lying

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Getting There

We've all seen the MVP of the World Series, the Superbowl or other championships, standing amid confetti or sprouting champagne, trophy in hand, smiling broadly and saying. "I'm going to Disneyland!"  The season ended in final victory and Disneyland is the cherry on top of the sundae or the icing on the cake.  We'll for Bashar al-Assad it's not Disneyland, it's Moscow.  Now Bashar did not  look right into the camera, as he got off the plane there but he was smiling just as broadly as Patrick Mahomes or Freddie Freeman.  Bashar is still upright, still breathing and still above room temperature.  For a Middle Eastern despot who has been deposed, that's just as good as winning a World's Championship and going to Disneyland.

For Donald John Trump HLH, HIAH, Former, Future and some seem to think, current President of the United States, it's the White House.  He actually lives pretty near Disneyland, so he could just go there anytime he wanted.  But what he wanted was The White House.  And he's got it, in spite of being impeached twice, indicted 90 something times, convicted 34 times and shot.  We don't expect him to look into the camera and say.  "I'm going to the White House." as everyone already knows it.

For the Islamic Rebels who've just taken over Damascus, they say their next stop is Jerusalem.  We're kind of thinking, they might have a better shot at Disneyland.  If they're not on a no fly list, as yet.  Then again, maybe they have a better shot at Moscow or Tehran.

And this last Sunday, The New York Jets once again snatched defeat out of the jaws of victory.  The New York Giants just lost ignominiously.  The fans of both teams may well be gnashing their teeth.  Some of them are on staff here and they are.  But the more savvy among the fans are keeping their eyes on the prize.  With the season for both teams firmly in the toilet, the savvy amongst us know that wins are impediments right now.  The goal is getting the first pick in the 2025 draft or as close to it as possible.  That will put them on the path to the Superbowl, at some imagined point up ahead.  Right now, the Jets have 3 wins and the Giants only 2.  The only team in their path are the Raiders with only 2 wins.  So the goal here is to play out the string, loose them all and hope the Raiders win 1 or even 2 more games.  Now some of you are saying that's no way to play football!  But remember, the object is getting there and there, is the Superbowl.  Hopefully, before the decade is out.  Sort of like the goal of getting to the Moon was, back in the 1960's.

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Man of the Year 2024 Joe Biden POTUS

Now some of you are snickering and some of you are laughing.  Some of you are just going what?  But just answer a few questions first.  One, how many of you know an Octogenarian who has a job, any job much less an executive one?  Two, how many of you know an Octogenarian who is senile, mangles words, can't string more than a few coherent sentences together and is still has that job?  And again, an executive one?  And last, how many octogenarians or anyone at any age who has everyone on his team telling them it's all over and yet, they still remain in that job.  Not only is this senile 81 year old, still at that executive position, that position is Leader of the Free World, the most powerful man in the world, the POTUS, President of the United States.

Never in the annals of American history has anyone so old, so infirm and so unable, ever been, The President of the United States.  Joe Biden, is Rocky, going the distance.  He's Emilia Earhart, in that his mind is missing, never to be found again.  He's Alfred E. Neumann and for those of you who don't know the reference, Alfred E. Neumann was a cartoon character who adorned the cover of a comic Mad Magazine.  And no matter what happened in the world, his mantra was.  "What Me Worry?"  Joe Biden seemed to be echoing that sentiment, as nothing fazed him.  Not the Covid, which he got multiple times.  Not ,high inflation.  Not, the price of gas.  Not, the war in Ukraine or the one in Gaza.  No, no  matter what happened, Joe Biden just stood there munching on his ice cream cone, unruffled, unfazed, his countenance seeming to say, no matter what you got, I'm enjoying this ice cream cone.  His signature statement made to Donald Trump during their 2020 debates of "C'mon man!" seamlessly morphed into.  "What Me Worry?"  All of which makes him unique in the annals of the American Presidency and American history.  And, all of which makes him our, 2024 Man Of The Year.

Still laughing?

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Man, Woman Or Whatever You Prefer Of The Year 2024

First the runner ups.

1, Donald John Trump 45th POTUS, HLH, (He's Like Hitler) HIAH (He Is A Hero), current President-Elect.  DJT got impeached twice while President.  He lost the 2020 election.  He got indicted.  He got convicted.  He got shot.  He should be our Man of the Year but then incumbent Grover Cleveland lost an election and won the next one.  Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton both got impeached.  Bill Clinton also got convicted.  And, Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Teddy Roosevelt, JFK and Reagan all got shot too.  So, while in the aggregate DJT, is unique, all of the elements have been done before.  It was close but no cigar.

 2, Elon Musk.  He's got Spaceships, Space X.  He's got TESLA.  He bought Twitter now X.Com.  He's creating Nura-link.  In a sane world, he'd be our Man of the Year but then we don't live in a sane world.  Sorry, Elon,

3, Megyn Kelly.  Her rise from the ashes was duly noted on our site.  She was fired by NBC and sent off to the cornfields or so NBC thought.  Undaunted and unbowed Megyn created her own Podcast and now her audience dwarfs whatever is on NBC in the time slot she used to inhabit.  Maybe NBC was the cornfield.  They just didn't know it.

4, Taylor Swift.  She'll be on a whole lot of lists for Person Of The Year but she's not here.  Not even as a runner up.  We just threw her name up here to catch your attention.  Sort of like everyone else.

5, The BMind Smart Mirror.  Since we usually explain that it is Man of the Year if it is a man, Woman of the Year if it's a woman and whatever the winner wants to be designated as.  This seems like a good time to explain that this runner up would be the Thing A Ma Jig of the Year.  You look in this BMind Smart Mirror and with it's AI brain, it tells you, your mental status.  This could be really good.  Then again, how many of us really want to know our mental status?

Tune in next week for our 2024 Man, Woman, Whatever You Prefer or Thing A Ma Jig of the Year.

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Whose In Charge Here?

Is it only us or does it seem as if Donald John Trump former POTUS, HLH, HIAH, has already assumed the office?  Like he's already the President.  Like do we need Inauguration Day?  This has nothing to do with whether you love him, hate him or even voted for him.  It's just he's up in front of the Podium telling you what he's going to do and everyone is reacting as if he's already doing it?

Joe Biden 46th President of the United States seems to have already left town  Like he is a face on a postage stamp or a picture on a place mat in a diner.  You know those things that lists all the Presidents in succession and you sit there and try to see if you can remember things about them.

It could also be due to the total meltdown of What Once Was The Mainstream Media.  They cringe, they cry, they moan over every utterance of DJT, HLN, HIAH. as if it's already happened.  As if it's already in the history books or it's etched in stone.  Since all they live in a bubble unscathed by "the slings an arrows of outrageous fortune", perhaps for them, it already has.  The members of What Once Was The Mainstream Media all have huge salaries, so the cost of things or high inflation, doesn't touch them.  They ride in limousines to and from their gated communities and then they seemingly float from one spectacular event to another, like Bees in a magical garden.  Homelessness and crime is something, they never see or experience,  They view the world through a camera lens and only worry if they're not in front of it enough.  So if something looks like it happened, perhaps for them, it has.  You know like some Sci-fi movie, where the characters imagine things and then those things come to fruition.

Maybe it's only us and we could be wrong.  But like we said before. whether you love him, hate him or if you voted for Kamala Harris, it sure looks like DJT, FPOTUS, HLH, HIAH, President-elect, is already. calling the shots. 

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A Few Election Observations

 

A few irregularities seem to have propped up from last week's election.  In 2020 Joe Biden got over 81million votes.  Kamala Harris in 2024 got 71 million votes.  That's 10 million fewer votes.  Where did those people go?  That's a lot of people.  They didn't vote for Trump, as he got 74 million plus in 2020 and got pretty much the same in 2024.

We can't believe with the election being in the news 24/7 and with every nitwit celebrity telling us to "Vote" every 2 minutes that people forgot.  Plus you could vote early, weeks early.  And, the weather wasn't bad.  Where did all those people go?  And, why is no one asking this question, except us?

Now way back in 2004 they said the election was stolen.  What?  Well at least that's why a whole lot of people were saying, as they kept counting the votes over and over again, in Florida.  This went on for weeks.  Then in 2016, The Russians stole the election.  How?  No one could quite put a finger on it but this went on for years.  Then in 2020 the election was rigged.  That's not so long ago that anyone should forget.  But now in 2024?  Well no one and we mean no one, has even hinted at any impropriates.  Did they get it all fixed?  How?  When?  Where?  And why are we the only ones asking?

And, once again the polls were wrong.  They had Kamala Harris leading and winning in a close election.  Where did that election take place?  Certainly not in the United States of America.  Maybe they had another one, somewhere.  Maybe in a computer game or some AI concoction.  Maybe on a Reality Show.  Why would anyone with any common sense or shred of credibility, ever consult or even mention one of these things ever again?  But they will.  Probably are right now.  And, they wonder why no one trusts the What Once Was The Main Stream Media.  Exeunt.

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Election Analysis

Now the analysis will come pouring in from all the Know It All's, The Cognoscenti Of The Known World and all the Talking Heads.  There is the Glass Ceiling crowd.  Kamala is a woman and the country is not ready for a woman President.  Then there is the skin color crowd.  Kamala is a black woman and the country is not ready for a black woman to be President.  But then her mother's family came from India and her father's family came from Jamaica.  That's the island nation not that part of the Borough of Queens, NYC, where most of our staff  and President elect Donald John Trump HLH, HIAH, come from.  So maybe it's the country isn't ready for a East/West Indian woman to be President?  

And yes, most people from Jamaica are black and her father was black.  But the black connotation from the Know It All's, The Cognoscenti Of The Known World and The Talking Heads, usually means the individual was descended from slaves or at the very least their family was dead, broke, poor.  And Kamala?  Well her father's family weren't slaves.  They owned slaves.  So, maybe it's that America isn't ready for a Scarlett O'Hara, to be President.

Of course we're pretty sure that speculation from our last article was correct.  It all came down to...  Who actually made the French Fries.

Now of course there were other contests all over the country and as we mentioned before, some of the worst people in America are those who run for office.  We site as proof, all the ads we've all been inundated with for the last few weeks, months or has it been eons?  But no matter how you voted or who you voted for whether you liked them, loved them, hated them or just looked on with disdain, everyone should be happy today because at least half of them are gone.  You won't hear from them again, at least for awhile.  Maybe never.  And, it might be more than half, as some races have more than one candidate.  And, as we pointed out, sometimes candidates die and yet their name is still on the ballot.  Sometimes, they even get elected.  So, it may be more than half.  Maybe we should declare a holiday?  What to call it?  Hangover Day?  Bye Bye Miss American Pie Day?  Or maybe Elvis Has Left The Building Day?  Or just E Day for short.  Everyone will know what it means.

If we can get serious for a moment.  No matter who won, who lost, we think most modern day politicians are just actors mouthing focus group tested, talking points.  Maybe we're wrong.  Maybe some of them actually care about you and some may even love their country.  We kind of doubt this, as none of them seem to have ever done anything except run for office.  The list of real American heroes is long and lengthy but consider just one guy for a moment, General and President Dwight David Eisenhower.  Now compare his life story, to the people running nowadays.  

But regardless of how you feel, none of the modern day characters are worth fighting over with the real people in your life.  You know, your friends, your family, the people you really care about and the ones, who really care about you.

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Memorable Quotes

A whole lot of people were all holy hell angry as the video of Sinwar in the tunnel the day before the October 7 attack on Israel, showed his wife with a Birkin bag.  Now for those of you who don't understand the Birkin Hermes bag like the one Mrs. Sinwar had, sells for 32 grand.  And, what is the wife of the leader of the Hamass's, who is supposed to be down with the oppressed people, doing with a 32 thousand dollar accoutrement.

Well we made a few phone calls and according to Samr Abu Zamer, that's Sinwar's wife, the bag is a knock off.  She got it in Turkey for about 250 euros.  And according to her, there was about 500 thousand in euros, shekels and diamonds in the Birkin.  Along with six different passports, for every one in their entourage.  The Birkin was very heavy and when she was trying to get her AK47 over her shoulder while holding on to the Birkin, her husband could see she was having a really tough time.  So he told her.  "Leave the gun.  Take the Birkin."

And, in the past The Know It Alls, The Cognoscenti Of The Known World and the Talking Heads would look at the upcoming Presidential election and then they'd make their pronouncements.  Things like "Reagan just looks Presidential".  Or after perusing the map they would decide how each state was going to vote and proclaim.  "It all comes down to Ohio."  As if the rest of the country didn't count.  Everyone except the people in Ohio, could just stay home.

Well during this latest bruhaha Kamala claimed to have worked at McDonald's.  Most of us had these types of jobs starting out in life.  These were never the kinds of jobs rich entitled kids, would ever do.  So, Kamala who worked at McDonald's was just like you and me, get it.  But we live in the age of computers.  Everything is on record, like who was on the payroll and someone at McDonald's looked it up.  She never worked there.

Donald J Trump Former President, HLH, HIAH promptly went to work at McDonald's, making French fries and serving customers in the Dive by.  He only stayed 15 minutes but then he announced.  "I have now worked at McDonald's longer than Kamala."

And we're wondering if this election will come down to.  Who made the French Fries.

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What Do You Think?

According to the latest Gallup Poll the American people's trust in What Once Was The Main Stream Media is at an all time low of 31%.  This is even lower than it's previous lowest back 2016, when it was 32%.  The only problem here is, The Gallup Organization that produces the Gallup Polls, has been around since 1935.  So, it's as much a part of What Once Was The Mainstream Media as any other entity.  So should we believe this poll?  Could it be wrong?  Maybe the trust number is higher?  Maybe it's lower?  Would they lie to us?  What do you think? 

And Yahya Sinwar is dead.  The result of trying to shoot it out with the Israeli defense forces.  From the pictures it looks like a bullet went into the lower part of his head and came out the top.  We wonder what his last thoughts were.  Maybe they were.  "Oh goodie I'm getting 72 virgins."  Or were they.  "These AK47s look tough and everyone says they're great but it doesn't seem like I can hit anything that's more than 70 meters away.  Oh beep."  What do you think?

And Kamala Harris was either ambushed by a misogynist Bret Baier and she courageously held her own.  Or she was an incoherent, babbling mess, who didn't answer any of the questions and could only keep repeating.  "Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Donald Trump."  Or was it just that the optics were bad?

Now it turns out that Martha Stewart, you know the lady who tells you how to cook, fold your napkins and the proper way to use toilet paper, had an affair.  This was back in the day when she was married.  Her husband never knew.  Or so she thinks.  He's passed away.  We hate to end this column on thoughts of Martha Stewart and sex.  It's kind of a bummer.  Not that she's unattractive, attractive is in the eye of the beholder.  Just that we can imagine, that right in the middle of something, she might say.  "That's not how you..."

But she admitted to this affair after telling young women.  "If you husband starts cheating he's a piece of bleep."  So is this a case of do as I say not as I do?  The old double standard?  Or was this a Freudian slip?  What do you think?

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Things We Or You, Didn't Know

There's an old expression about how you really can't understand someone, unless you walk a mile in their shoes.  That comes to mind, as every once in a while we become aware of something that we didn't really know.  Like the food in prison is bad.  Most of us have never been in prison, so how would we know?  But now, thanks to Mark Agnifilo, P. Diddy's lawyer, we know.  It's P. Diddy's major lament.  The food is bad.  We'll bet you thought his major problem was no "freak offs", no drugs and no baby oil.  Anyone want to grab a sign and protest?  We didn't think so.

And the Polls, the political Polls are close.  But you already knew that.  But then they are always close.  Doesn't matter which election or what candidates or what office.  The Polls, are always close, at least in this century.  Bet you didn't know that?  You could look it up.  The only exception in this century, was Hillary Clinton.  She was always leading in the Polls, especially the Presidential Polls.  Even when she wasn't running.

And here comes the Robotaxi and the Robovan or so says Elon.  Do we really need to use his last name anymore?  Elon says they'll be operational by 2026.  It will only cost 20 cents a mile for you and only 5 cents a mile to operate.  And you won't have to worry if your driver is a serial killer or some other kind of miscreant, as there won't be a driver.  These cars will be completely autonomous.  Of course, they'll be all electric.  This is Elon.  This is Tesla.  And BTW, they will be recharged by induction, whatever that is.  But no one will have to plug anything in.  Of course Elon had said he'd have robocars out and running around by 2020 and they're not here as yet...  But we'll bet you didn't know about any of this.  Maybe you did but we didn't.

Oh that's Jimmy Cagney at the top of the column.  He's playing Cody Jarrett in the classic film 'White Heat'.  Cody is in prison here and he's eating dinner.  As you can see, he doesn't like the food either.

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Help Wanted

If you go to the 'Do We Have Careers For You!' website, you will find some really great opportunities like these....

Wanted: Leader of Terrorist Gang.  Looking for a take charge individual who can work independently.  Must have executive experience.  Can start immediately.  7 figure salary.  Set your own hours.  Possible 72 Virgins in the offing.  Please mail in your resume to us.  All of hiring Client's computers, cell phones, walkie talkies and pagers are presently offline.

Wanted; Experienced Sand Hog aka tunnel digger.  Needed for job in NYC, details upon acceptance.  Must have experience working in and around sewers and other big city encumbrances.  If you dug the tunnels in Gaza, Southern Lebanon or Mexico helping El Chapo escape, it will be a huge plus.  Client's chance for bail or acquittal almost non-existent.  50 million dollars on the table.  Send your IP address here.  All information will be kept strictly confidential.  Attorney client privilege in effect.

Wanted: Family, minimum 2 kids, 3 is a plus.  To pose for pictures and appear at events.  Single Moms or intact family, so long as Dad doesn't mind not being in the pictures or doesn't mind staying in the car at the events.  Short gig, no more than 4weeks.  5 figures, possible 6, depending on what happens on November 5th.

Wanted: Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Commissioner and a lot of assistants.  Multiple opportunities here, as the vacancies are mounting by the day.  No experience necessary.  Applicants should not be facing indictments or be the subject of a current Federal, State or City investigation.  6 figure salaries.  Nice office, official cars and police escorts wherever you go, especially if like your predecessors, you're being escorted away.

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R.I.C.O.

R.I.C.O.  Racketeer, Influenced, Corrupt, Organization.  That is what P. Diddy, Diddy, Puff Daddy, Puffy Daddy, Love, aka Sean Combs, is indicted for being in charge of.  It's not a single crime or even a bunch of crimes but it's running an organization that consistently commits crimes.  It's what they got John Gotti on, for running the Gambino crime family.  And according to the Attorney General' of the Southern District of the United States of America, P. Diddy, Diddy, Puff Daddy, Puffy Daddy, Love aka Sean Comb's organization, was doing that, for decades.  The Attorney General of the Southern District also said, it was a well oiled machine.

For people wondering how he got away with it for so long, we consulted with our legal experts and they explained that in order for the government to proceed with a case like this, they would need a complainant.  There was no dead body or other third party evidence of a crime.  That complainant turned out to be one Cassie Ventura, ex-girlfriend, ex-protege, ex-victim.  The reason there was no one before her, is P. Diddy etcetera, etcetera was able to make or break people in the music industry and so was able to prey on them as well.

But with Cassie on board, the Feds were able to get a search warrant and raid his homes.  They caught him with his pants down.  There were automatic weapons with the serial numbers scrapped off and drugs, lots of drugs, illegal drugs.  Our legal experts tell us, the drug and gun charges alone, will get him 20 years.  But the piece de resistance, is the video  recordings his "freak offs", parties where some participants were drugged, coerced and even forced to have sex,  Then there was the 1,000 bottles of baby oil and sex lube.  We told you, this was a well oiled machine.

P. Diddy etcetera, etcetera, was at the top of the music business and a major celebrity, who hob knobbed with just about every other celebrity, actor, singer, and politician of his day.  So naturally everyone begins to wonder with a certain amount of glee, just who was in those "freak offs" and caught on video?  Whose career will hit the skids, as they are seen in flagrante delicto?

Well don't hold your breath.  Those things never seem to materialize.  And in this case, the only recordings needed for the trial will be those with the cooperating witnesses.  There's no need for anyone to see any of the others.  But even if they are somehow leaked and the celebrity, actors, singers, politicians and even Preachers are all caught in flagrante delicto and they all, fall like dominoes... They'll just be replaced by another group of celebrities, actors, singers, politicians and even Preachers almost over night.  It's like we have a mill, that produces pretty but silly, mostly empty headed, people, who entertain us and then exit stage left or right.  It's a celebrity, actor, singer, politician and even Preacher mill.  And, it's a well oiled machine.

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State of the Union

Vice President Kamala Harris was overheard mumbling.  "Why doesn't anyone want to shoot me?  Should I do a few interviews?  A press conference?"

Neighbors describe the latest would be assassin as "a cuckoo" and "a lot of people were afraid of him".  This breaks with the usual description of "nice guy, quiet guy" that we get when the neighbors are quizzed about the gunman, who shoots or tries to shoot himself into the headlines in a blaze of blood and glory.

This guy's name is Ryan Wesley Routh and we know a lot of you are wondering, why was he taken alive?

The question now becomes who does Ryan Wesley Routh remind us of most?  John Wilkes Booth?  Charles J. Guiteau?  Leon Czolgosz?  Lee Harvey Oswald?  Or was Ryan Wesley Routh, supposed to be the guy on the grassy knoll and something went, woefully wrong?

Ryan Wesley Routh was waiting for Trump at the 5th hole.  Is there some significance to the number 5 or is it just that there's a bathroom at the 5th?  Routh had his own Sniper's nest there , complete with a SKS 47 rifle, a bullet proof vest, some food and and video recorder, just no bathroom.

Congress will hold hearings.  They will grill people.  They will get angry for all the news shows and the podcasts.  They will find...

A. A viable conspiracy

B. Links to some shadowy government agency, no one has ever heard of before

C. Links to agencies we know like the CIA and the FBI.  You know, the usual suspects.

D. Links to someone like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates or Nancy Pelosi.

E.  They find nothing.

We're betting on E, nothing, as usual.

Such is the State of the Union.

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There Is No Ethan And...

Back in the day, two cabbies got into a heated argument because Cabbie number 1 wanted to bet the Giants and Cabbie number 2, was telling him the line was way off and only an idiot would make the bet.  To which Cabbie number 1 said.  "I'm an idiot!  I'm an idiot!"  To which Cabbie number 2, answered.  "Don't brag about it."

This comes to mind as one Anna Akbari has written a Tome 'There's No Ethan'.  Seems there is this con artist who got 10 women to fall in love with a completely fictional Ethan.  This Ethan was an M.I.T. and Colombia graduate, a Financial Analyst with a BMW and a dog named Harvey.  Not only is Ethan none of these things, he isn't even a man.  Seems the fictional Ethan, is really a woman named Emily Marantz, M.D. and a Gynecologist to boot.  Well, we guess if any of these conned woman had managed to hook Ethan, at least they would have married a Doctor.

How did he meet all these women?  OK Cupid, a online dating site from which he could spin his tales of affection towards them.  Lucky for all of these women, Ethan didn't want any money.  The book explains that he only wanted to toy with their emotions, or so they say.  Three of these women got suspicious when Ethan failed to show up for dates or even do a facetime call.  So, these three woman got together and hunted down Ethan.  That's why they wrote the book, to expose him.

But maybe that wasn't such a hot idea, writing the book.  Ethan didn't take any money, so there might not even be a crime here and maybe it's like Cabbie number 2, told Cabbie number 1.  "Don't brag about it."

BTW way back when the Giants lost that game and they didn't cover either. 

And sticking with the NFL, the NY Giants and the NY Jets fans had confetti filled dreams of Super Bowl LIX dancing in their heads.  Well they did until kickoff time this last week.  The Giants got crushed 28 to 6 and the Jets got steamrolled 32 to 19.  It's too early to call the whole season a loss but  neither team looked like it had a clue, as to how to play this game.  Since this is the make or break year for the coaching staff of both teams, that means they all get fired, right before or right after Super Bowl LIX.  Which in turn means a new head coach and staff for next season and a new three year plan.  So just like There Is No Ethan for the star crossed women, there is no Super Bowl Championship for New York Football fans.  Not this year or anytime soon.  There is much moaning, groaning and gnashing of teeth.  Some of that, is coming from us.

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NO!

Mark Zuckerberg was censoring the news on his Facebook Thing A Ma Jig.  He said so.  In his own words.  We're bewildered.  No, not that this great Wunderkind would do such a thing but we're on Facebook and is there news on this thing?  Where?  I see pictures of friends and their families, where they went on vacation and what they're up to on a given day and that's news to us.  But news!  Like in the stuff on the WOWTMSM (What Once Was The Main Stream Media)?  Where?  Of course, The Wunderkind thinks he influenced you.  Did he?  Maybe you shouldn't answer that, as this article will be on the Facebook Thing A Ma Jig and we don't want to hurt the The Wunderkind's feelings, if you all give a resounding NO!

And with all the hoopla surrounding RFK Jr.'s bending of the knee to Donald (HLH), Trump POTUS, HIAH, did anyone stop to think about Nicole Shanahan?  Who you ask?  Well she was RFK Jr.'s Vice Presidential running mate and now, she's nothing.  You didn't even know her name.  Actually, neither did we.  We had to look it up.  But one day she had sugar plum fairies dancing in her head.  Imagining that she would be sitting in the VP's chair waiting for RFK Jr. to get assassinated, as Kennedy's who run for President are known to get.  Then the next day, she gets a one way ticket to Palookaville.  Does anyone care?  Again, maybe it's better to not answer that, as a resounding NO, might hurt her feelings.

BTW RFK Jr. could have been our first Autistic President.  Oh, what might have been!

And back in 2018 Megyn Kelly got fired from NBC.  NBC in case you didn't know was one of the keystones of WOWTMSM.  Supposedly she did something that was politically incorrect but who knows?  These are the same people who had Matt Lauer running around for decades molesting women at their network and they never noticed.  But what did Megyn do?  Did she cry?  Did she go to work for one of those obscure cable networks where you're never heard from again, like Chris Cuomo? 

No, she started her own Podcast!  And the numbers are in.  Last month Megyn's Podcast got 116.8 million views.  Sky News got 87 million views on their site.  CBS News got 83 million views on their site and NBC?  Well they got 78 million views on their site.  Who's laughing now?  And this just goes to show that sometimes NO, might just be like what the guy in the movie 'Cool Hand Luke' said about nothing.  "Sometimes NO! is a real cool hand."

Maybe we'll call her 'Cool Hand Megyn', from now on.

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Idle Thoughts

After the USA women's Basketball team clinched the gold at the 2024 Olympics, a lot of Americans were moved by the sight of Brittany Greiner with her hand over her heart and tears running down her cheeks.  Not so long ago, Britany was caught in Russia with a bag full of Pot and they locked her up.  Diplomatic maneuvering got her out of jail and back to the US of A.  Some people think that she was just glad to be an American and finally appreciated this country.  Other people think, the only thing in her mind was...  'In America you can smoke Pot.  All the Pot you want too.'

Which when you stop to think about it, might be the same thing or close to it.

And sticking with sports in a new book, 'Out Of The Darkness, The Mystery Of Aaron Rodgers.  The book explains that in 2014 Rodgers stopped speaking to his parents.  After one of his worst games Rodgers' then girlfriend Olivia Munn called his parents and in a rant told them never to come to one of his games again!  The Parents did not hear from their son Aaron for the next nine years.  But the book goes on to explain that it wasn't Olivia Munn's fault.  That Aaron Rodgers is the kind of guy that if he thinks you crossed him, you are dead to him.  He never speaks to you again.  So it wasn't Olivia Munn's fault.  It's just the way Aaron Rodgers is.  Boy, are we glad, this book, got that out of the way.

Now if Aaron Rodgers can last longer than the three plays of last year and actually play for the New York Jets.  Jets fans everywhere, will rejoice.

Now Alex Murdaugh might get a new trial.  That's the guy who shot and killed his wife and his son.  He was also the big cheese lawyer in Hampton South Carolina, who robbed his clients.  He got so many years in jail for all the fraud he committed, he'd have to live to a hundred and two, just to do the minimum.  So you might ask why try him on the murder charges again?

Well this could be a case of the original murder trial got such high ratings on the T.V. news, all the other news outlets and so much attention on Tik Tok, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, why not have a sequel?  Of course, the bad guy usually doesn't do much better in the sequel.  See The Mummy Returns where the Mummy gets sent back to hell again, girlfriend in tow.  Or the Godfather II, where all the Corleone enemies, get it, again.  Or the Godfather III, where everybody dies.  Maybe Alex Murdaugh should just say thanks but no thanks.

Like we said these are just idle thoughts.  We're just speculating.  We might be wrong on a few things here.

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Quiz Time?

Every once in awhile we have a quiz.  You remember these things from grade school.  You'd show up and the Teacher would tell you.  "Today we're having a quiz."  It would be short but you would have had no time to study for it.  This is when the concept, that life isn't fair, began to dawn on you.

Question 1. Tim Walz, Momala Harris's pick for the dem VP slot was...

A. One of the guys who planted the flag on the top of Mr. Suribachi.

B. The most decorated soldier of the Viet Nam War and subject of the book 'The Da Nang Killer'.

C. Democratic Party's new Vice Presidential candidate and the guy who said.  "Do you want to live forever?"

D. An Army reservist who when he found out his Company was headed for Iraq, retired so fast he was home in bed before the ink on the paperwork dried.

E. The man who said.  "Burn baby burn."

Question 2.  California's Governor Gavin Newsome was seen cleaning up homeless encampments because...

A. He was caught spray painting graffiti in downtown Los Angeles and subsequently sentenced to 100 hours of community service.

B. His ten year plan to solve the homeless crisis in California expired 6 years ago and he felt he had to do something.

C. He desperately wanted some attention, as his plans to steal the nomination from Old Brains Biden went awry.

D. He may have to find a new career because his plans to steal the nomination from Old Brains Biden went awry.

Question 3. Three wannabee terrorists have been arrested in Austria for planning an attack at a Taylor Swift concert that was going to be held in Vienna.  The motive for this was...

A. They're terrorists or wannabee terrorists, it's what they do.

B. They said she's nothing but a 'Ho' and she gets way too much attention for someone who can't sing much.

C. The three wannabee terrorists dropped a whole lot of money on last year's Superbowl.  They said.  "F*ck Travis Kelce!"

D. All of the above.

Question 4.  J-Lo and Ben Afflack are getting divorced because...

A. According to her people, he's a triple A-h*le.

B. It was the commercial they made for Dunkin Donuts.

C. She's been married and divorced three times and had 7 other major, well publicized relationships and she's dumped everyone else, why not Ben Afflack?  In fact, it's the second time for him.  It's what she does.  He should have seen it coming.

D.  All of the above.

Answers

Question 1.  The correct answer is D.  Now answer C might have confused you as WOWTMSM (What Once Was The Main Stream Media) has been saying he's the dems VP but the party hasn't confirmed him as yet.  And a whole lot of people are trying to tell you that his reserve service makes some kind of hero but the truth hurts here.

Question 2.  The correct answer is C.  Now D sounds very similar but we're pretty sure Home Boy has socked away many many millions, just like most everyone else in the elected business, so he won't ever need another career.

Question 3. The correct answer is A.  Taylor Swift concerts attract a whole lot of people and that's why they picked her.  It was nothing personal, just business, the terrorist business.  A whole lot of her fans were seen crying on camera, as the Austrian police cancelled all her concerts in Vienna and her fans didn't get to see her.  But maybe they should just be happy they didn't become statistics.  Note to DJT, maybe you should hire these Austrian Cops.

Question 4.  The correct answer is D.  All of the above.  Now some of you might be saying.  "The commercial?  Why would that...?"  To that we say, watch it again.

Scoring.  Give yourself 25 points for every correct answer.  There are no partial points for any of these questions even though some of the answers might have been a little bit confusing.  Like we said, part of the function of a quiz, is learning that life isn't fair.

If you got a 100 congratulations!  You got it, going on.  We will tell you in a future column where to pick up your prize.  Keep tuning in to this site.  If you got 75, or even just 50, that's okay.  This one was a little tough.  If you got anything less...  Seek help.

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How Dare They?

Norah O'Donnell is out as the Anchor of CBS Nightly News.  Norah O'Donnell in case you didn't know was the first woman to Anchor any of the alphabet Nightly News programs.  Actually she's the only woman whoever Anchored any of  alphabet Nightly News programs.  But now she's toast, see you later, goodbye Norah we hate to see you go, gone.  You would think there would be much Hue and Cry over this but no.  There is no one shaking the rafters or screaming bloody murder, as the only woman Anchor gets kicked down the road.  It is left to us and only us, to ask..  How Dare They!

Of course the reason given is low ratings.  Seems CBS is mired in third place, almost fixed there behind NBC and ABC news.  But it's not like anyone is watching those other outlets much either.  The three big alphabet networks used to have most of the adult population tuning every night.  But then came cable TV and the internet, not to mention all the hoaxes and scandals that the What Once Was The Main Stream Media has been caught up in.  But the once great audience has dwindled down to a precious few.  And the worst part is most of the precious few, are over 65, so they're dying off every day.  But why fire Norah O'Donnell?  It's not her fault that almost no one watches this bleep anymore!  Ooops we almost said a bad word there.  Actually we did but we caught it on the edit.  But again, How Dare They!

And, U. S. Prosecutors have reached a plea deal with the Mastermind of the 9/11 attacks Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and his Myrmidons, Walid bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi.  They will all plead guilty to conspiracy, take a life sentence, avoid a trial and the needle.  Now some in the Mass Hysteria are screaming all bloody hell that the U.S. should not have taken the death penalty, off the table.  But as usual, they miss the larger picture.

These guys Khalid, Walid and Mustafa are supposed to be Jihadis.  They are supposed to go out in a great ball of fire, like the guys they sent into the World Trade Towers, The Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania.  They are supposed to embrace Martyrdom!  They are supposed to get the 72 Virgin package.  Now all they can hope for is some young boys show up at Gitmo.  And, if you're a Jihadis, how is this supposed to make you feel?  Sick to your stomach, no doubt.  How would you like these guys for heroes?  Talk about feet of clay.  How's about gutless, lily livered and sissy boys?  All we have to say to them is.  How dare you?

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P.S. Since we went to Press, the U.S. Government has since revoked the plea deal.  But it doesn't change the paradigm.  Khalid, Walid and Mustafa took the deal  They are still, gutless, lily livered, sissy boys.

Are We Becoming A Third World Country?

With the bullets and the resignations flying around America, like debris in a Tornado, people may be wondering if we're becoming a Third World country.  First up, Thomas Crooks takes a few shots at Donald (HLH) Trump FPOTUS, HIAH just like they do in Third World countries but that doesn't count.  11 other Presidents have been shot at, so that makes it 1 out of every 3.75 Presidents or just about 1 in 4.  So, it's not that rare an occurrence.  And that's not a very good rate for the Secret Service.  Although the first guy to shoot at a President, shot at Andrew Jackson and there was no SS at that time.  But then two guys shot at Gerald Ford, so it's still the same rate of occurrence.  Maybe the SS should be replaced by Navy Seals or Marines.  That's just a suggestion, to whoever wins the 2024 election.  But no one has thought of the US of A as a Third World country, while all this has been going on for the better part of the last two centuries.

Then there is the Coup of Old Brains Biden.  He wanted to run for re-election.  Most of his party wanted him to run again, as they nominated him.  Although elections in the dem party are strange things where one candidate may win the primary but the other candidate gets more delegates.  But Old Brains had all the delegates this time and was the party's nominee.

Old Brains said he would never drop out but then came the George Clooney/NY Times decree and Old Brains was gone a week later.  So, it was a Coup.  But in a Third World country the Leader would have got two bullets in the back of his head.  Usually administrated by his Body Guard or someone else he trusted.  Or someone would just place a pillow over his face, while he slept.  But in this case, Old Brains just issued a Tweet and signed a letter and said see ya.  So, this is not a Third World country.

Then there is the resignation of Kimberley Cheatle former head of the SS but people like her resign or get fired all the time in America.  In a Third World country, she would have disappeared.  

But the biggest reason we're not a Third World country is money.  Or should we say wealth.  We don't necessarily mean specie.  The GDP of the USA is 28.7 Trillion dollars and growing by the day, every day.  You may not be doing so hot, but the country is getting richer.  In fact, we're 10.2 Trillion ahead of China which is the closest.  Then there's Russia, Russia, Russia with a GDP of 2.06 Trillion GDP or 26.6 Trillion behind.  Or so far behind, we can't see them in the rear view mirror anymore.

So, in spite of all the craziness and all the shooting both in bullets and the bull dropping kind, we are not a Third World country.  At least, we don't think so.  Some may disagree, as Third World countries have a hard time figuring out, who's in charge.

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Conspiracy Theories II

We realized that one article couldn't possibly cover all the conspiracy theories, so here we go.  

There is the inflammatory rhetoric crowd.  The people who claim all the hateful, inflammatory rhetoric is the cause for the assassination attempt of Donald (HLH) Trump POTUS, HIAH.  This is usually brought to us by the people who use hateful, inflammatory rhetoric everyday.  But this just proves one of our oldest adages.  'Whoever is screaming the loudest about how terrible something is, is usually doing it.'  The inflammatory rhetoric crowd are on both the left and the right.  It's a sort of bi-partisan crowd, united by their belief that inflammatory rhetoric has consequences.  Not their inflammatory rhetoric of course, just the other guy's.

We hate to pour cold water on this crowd but like most everyone, we've watched numerous episodes of Dateline, 48 Hours, 20/20, Cold Case, Homicide Hunter and other real life crime series.  We've seen husbands kill wives, wives kill husbands, people killing their in-laws, their neighbors and all manner of other human beings.  They do it for money, jealousy, hate or they are Psychopaths and it's for the thrill.  But we've never seen a case, where inflammatory speech made the doer, do the deed.  Maybe, we missed those episodes.

Then there's the anthropomorphic crowd.  That's people who like to put human emotions or human behavior on objects, animals or entities.  They like to blame things like computer games, violent T.V. shows, medications and one we haven't heard in a while the "specter of violence".  As if there is this ghost or spirit roaming around that jumps into people.  Sort of like a lot of Sci-fi movies.  The "specter of violence" was big after all the assassinations of the 1960's.  Maybe we haven't heard the specter one in a while because it was used in all those Sci-fi movies but the Know-It-Alls used to throw that one around a lot.

Of course if these things caused people to kill, we're guessing the death toll would be way up there.  Way beyond the current homicide rate of 14 to 15 thousand a year and more like in the millions since almost everyone in America watches or uses these things.  And once again, we've never seen an episode of a real crime show where someone played a computer game, watched a violent T.V. show, took or didn't take a pill and then killed their wife, their husband, their in-law, their neighbor or some other random human being.

Now the reason for all these conspiracy theories, indulged in, by almost all of us, at some time or another, is that the government and the media lie.  In fact, they have lied to us some many times, over so many things, that it would be hard to believe them about anything.  We don't.

For starters in this case, there is the explanation from the Director of the Secret Service Kimberly Cheatle, who said the reason there was no one on the roof where the shooter parked himself was the roof was slanted.  And because of that slant, it was too dangerous.  What?  You can watch the video of her give this reason and you will see that she does it with a straight face.  But if you look closely, you can see she's lying.  But it looks like she believes it.  And we in turn are to believe that the brave, dedicated, fearless Secret Service agents, who are supposed to take a bullet for the President, can't be on a roof that's slightly slanted because it's too dangerous!  OMG!  No, that's double OMG or OMG!! And, as readers of this column know OMG!!, is the absolute end of it all.

Let the conspiracy theories flow.

P.S. One more conspiracy to add to the mix.  Once Old Brains found out they'd missed DJT, he knew it was time to go.

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Conspiracy Theories

 

While we don't traffic in conspiracy theories and we won't ascribe to any of them, we cant' stop them either.  And, the first thing that any decent conspiracy theorist will jump on, is why was there a roof with a clear line of sight to Donald (HLH) Trump FPOTUS, left unoccupied and unguarded?  We have to put this out there because years ago we were in attendance when a big foreign Macher made a speech in front of City Hall.  While sitting in the audience and gazing around, we could see every rooftop was occupied.  Not sure if they were Secret Service, FBI, CIA, NYPD, Navy Seals or MI6 but if you wanted to go up on any of those roofs to shoot the big Macher, well sorry, there wasn't any room.

Oh btw Donald Trump like John McCain, is, officially a hero.  So just like John McCain every time you mention his name you have to say He's a hero.  So from now on we will refer to him as Donald (HLH) Trump FPOTUS, HIAH (He Is A Hero).  We are including the I in this one unlike the HLH where we drop the I for he's like Hitler, as we don't think HAH sounds appropriate.  Not for a hero.

There will be two basic thematic narratives that will travel through the conspiracy theories.  The first that it was the Deep State with help from the CIA, the FBI, the NSA, the Secret Service and well, all the usual suspects.  In this one Thomas Matthew Crooks the Fall Guy, was told he would be whisked away to safety, given a ton of money and this would be the first of many hits, he would be used for.  Of course since he was the Fall Guy, he got wasted at the scene.  No Lee Harvey Oswald left to be arrested by the local police and interrogated.  And no need to hire the Mafia to whack him afterwards.  No, this time it's a bullet to the head at the scene.  Game over.

The other is that Trump and his minions planned it.  The Fall Guy was told to shoot at empty cars, or mailboxes.  The Secret Service would then tackle him.  Since no one would be hurt, he would be sent to a mental hospital for a few years, where he could write his manifesto and everyone would know his name.  Meanwhile Donald (HLH) Trump FPOTUS, HIAH upon hearing the gunfire, would know to duck down under the podium, where there was a sharp object with which he could cut his ear and then rise up triumphant.  This is all unknown to the Fall Guy, who gets a bullet in the head.  Of course this Fall Guy, might have got overly stimulated thinking he's a real assassin and then shot a few people or he was just a bad shot and missed whatever he was aiming at but oh well, either way, "the best laid plans of mice and men".*

Like we said at the beginning here, we don't ascribe to conspiracy theories and we won't endorse any of them.  But wait, you say.  What about the those conspiracy theories that turned out to be true?  And yes there are a few of those.  Well, when a conspiracy theory turns out to be true, it is no longer a conspiracy theory.  Sometimes the conspiracy theorist, get it right.  So, let the games begin.

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* Robert Burns

P.S. Note to DJT.  You might want to hire your own security team.

Questions, Questions, Questions

George Clooney of all people and in an Op-ed in the New York Times of all places, said Old Brains Biden has got to go.  This begs the question, what is holding Old Brains Biden up?  How can he survive this?  Yeah, yeah other people are calling for his head but this is George Clooney and the New York Times!  Maybe the days, now dwindle down, to a precious few.

Now we all thought the dems would moan and groan about Old Brains for a week or two after his disastrous performance in The Great Debate of 2024.  But then they'd all come together, sing Kumbaya and Old Brains would be their guy.  But we might have been wrong.  That happens in this journalism thing.  People get things wrong.  But we'll own up to it.  Should it occur.  We will still ask the questions and questions can be those nasty things.

Like why don't they just make VP Kamala Harris the POTUS.  The dems can invoke the 25th Amendment any time they want.  No one needs Old Brains approval.  They don't even have to tell him.  They just tell him he has to go back to the basement, give him some ice cream and let him Skype once in a while.  He won't know the difference.  LBJ was the VP and he just took over after JFK got shot and nobody said boo.  Maybe they should have but no one said boo.  And Gerald Ford just waltzed into the Oval office a minute after Nixon resigned.  Again, no one said boo, not even Nixon.

All of which brings us to our next vexing scenario and question, what's the point here?  We mean Hunter Biden has been convicted of three felonies and he's just waltzing around town and even sitting in the Oval office, like nothing happened.  And, Donald (HLH) Trump FPOTUS has been convicted of 34 felonies and he's running for President, like nothing happened.  Other than almost getting assassinated but that's what happens to Presidents and Presidential candidates.  In fact, just like Hunter, Donald (HLH) Trump FPOTUS might be sitting in the Oval office in a few months.  Unless the next shooter does more than just nick his ear.

Then there is Alec Baldwin who was on trial for involuntary manslaughter and the prosecutors forgot to give some of the evidence to the defense and we're pretty sure that gets covered in Law School 101, so how could they forget?  And of course, the judge threw the case out of court.  Now these are different jurisdictions and totally unrelated cases but inquiring minds might begin to wonder what's the point of impaneling grand juries, bringing charges, having trials and even getting convictions, if the end result is the accused or convicted, are just walking around like nothing ever happened in the first place?

These maybe tough questions and maybe no one can even answer them but we have to ask.  We did say, it could get nasty.

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What's The BFD?

We've wondered this one for quite sometime.  If this is a democracy why do we have the 9 Pointy Headed Wonders Of The Known World aka The Supreme Court, telling us what is morally right or morally wrong?  Who elected them?  Of course we think democracy is dead but when it was still alive, and if we needed a body of people to tell us what is morally right or wrong, they should be Pediatricians not Lawyers.  Pediatricians know what is good for children and if we need to be told what is morally wright and morally wrong, then we are children.

We began pondering this one once again, as with much fanfare the 9 Pointy Headed Wonders Of The Known World, to be known as 9PHWs from now on, as we go for brevity, always, rendered down a decision from on high, that said Donald (HLH) Trump FPOTUS had immunity for his official acts back when he was President.  There was much hue and cry over this, as there is over most everything the 9 PHWs do.  But this struck us as odd because all government employees have immunity for their official acts, not just Donald (HLH) Trump FPOTUS  or any other President.

This goes for the Police Officer, The Firefighter, the Clerk in Post Office and for everybody working for the government.  If you are carrying out your official duties as a government employee, you can't be sued or arrested.  Makes sense if you stop to think about it.  Of course most people wronged by the government want to sue the government because that's where the money is.  But you can't sue or arrest anyone working for the government, so long as they are carrying out their official duties, no matter how much you don't like them.  And Presidents are government employees, as was, Donald (HLH) Trump FPOTUS.  So, what is the BFD here?

And, we don't know what was funnier, Old Brains Biden trying to string a few coherent sentences together during The Great Debate or the reaction of all the dem Know-It-Alls and the dem Cognoscenti Of The Know World, who all of a sudden realized that Old Brains is senile.  Where have they been for the last 4 years?  Do they watch the news?  Do they have the internet?  Tik Tok?  Instagram?  Twitter?  Facebook?

We're not saying their reactions were orchestrated.  Just because they all say the same things, all the time.  And on cue too.  But it sure looked like it.  Why would they do this?  Seemingly throwing their own guy overboard?  Could be the plan is not to try and deny the obvious.  Just at some point up ahead, they all shrug and say, at least he's not Donald (HLH) Trump FPOTUS.  So he's senile.  What's the BFD?

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Why Have Elections?

We think of ourselves as the cutting edge, the tip of the spear in this journalism thingy.  That's why we are posing the question above.  If you can remember or even if you weren't born yet, you must have heard about the Presidential election of the year 2000.  It was Gore v. Bush the Younger, and it all came down to a little over 500 votes in Florida.  Those 500 votes gave Bush the Younger, the electoral college and the Presidency.  They counted those votes over and over again, up, down and sideways and the result kept coming out, Bush the Younger by that little more than 500 votes.  Well Bush the Younger, who came to be known as W, became the POTUS and the democrat Pundits, Know-It-Alls and their Cognoscenti of The Known World screamed for years, maybe even a decade or so, that the election was stolen.

Jump ahead to the 2016 election and HerHillaryness loses to one Donald John Trump soon to be known as "He's Like Hitler".  So, we will refer to him from now on as Donald (HLH) actually He's, is, He is, so it should be HILH but we're going for brevity here, so it will be Donald (HLH) Trump F for former POTUS or FPOTUS.  But HerHillaryness and all her Sycophants, the dem Pundits, the dem Know-It-Alls and the dem Cognoscenti Of The Known World, screamed for years, that the election had been stolen.  Not only that, it was stolen by the Russians!  There was even a large scale investigation on the subject by the FBI.  And just because the FBI couldn't find anything nor could anyone figure out how the Russians stole the election, doesn't mean they didn't do it.  These are the Russians we're talking about.  The baddest bad guys since the Nazis.  You might think the Taliban, the Alqualuddies and Terrorist in general are but they've seemed to have lost some of their luster, over the years.  The Russians are still  BAADD!

This brings us to the 2020 election, which we're sure everyone can remember, so there's no sense going over the whole thing again.  There is also the 1960 election where there were rumblings that LBJ got the dead to vote in Texas and Mayor Daley had more people voting in Chicago, then there were in Chicago, all of which, tipped the election for JFK.  That really didn't work out so hot in the long run, as no matter who you think shot JFK, Oswald, the guy on the grassy knoll, the CIA, the Mafia or the Illuminati, everyone would agree, that if he'd lost the election, no one would have shot him.

But with all these people who should know, since they are Pundits, Know-It-Alls and Cognoscenti Of The Known World, claiming all these elections were stolen, who are we to argue?  And what kind of confidence should we have in elections?  So again, why have them?

But this is a democracy you say?  Well democracy is dead.  We covered this a while back and if you don't believe us now, just Google it and see how many articles there are explaining it.  Plus there are a gaggle of Pundits, Know-It-Alls and Cognoscenti Of The Known World who say if Donald (HLH) Trump FPOTUS gets elected again, democracy is dead.  Well, anyone in the know, knows it's dead but we guess they mean, deader than disco or the doornail but most definitely, dead.

So what to do, you ask?  Well the Political Polls are the answer.  We suggest that whoever is leading in the Political Polls, is the POTUS or the winner in any election; Congress, Governor, Mayor.  This would stop all the complaints about stolen elections, as there wouldn't be any.  We wouldn't have to worry about people getting to the polls, as no one would have too.  We wouldn't have to worry about people discarding mail in votes or someone finding a few thousand votes in a car trunk, as there wouldn't be any mail in ballots.

And the Polls are accurate.  They're scientific.  If you don't believe us, just ask the Pollsters, the Pundits, the Know-It-Alls and the Cognoscenti Of The Known World.

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CNN We Hardly Knew Ye

There is this song 'Johnny We Hardly Knew Ye'* and it's sung to the same tune, as the song 'When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again'.  But unlike the Johnny who comes marching home from war to "the men will cheer the boys will shout, the ladies they will all turn out".  This Johnny We Hardly Knew Ye^, will go off to war and be unable to come marching home triumphant because he's lost his legs and an arm.  In some renditions of the song, he's also blind.  This Johnny is sitting in front of his beggars bowl when he is met by his lover and his child.  He is so maimed by war, that she almost doesn't recognize him and almost passes him by.  Hence the "Johnny we hardly knew ye."  For you romantics out there, she does take him home.  But we think these two songs are very apropos of CNN, especially the latter one.

Back in the day when cable TV just burst out all over, CNN was all over the place.  If you walked through an airport, CNN was playing on every TV outlet they had.  If you went for a haircut or were just sitting somewhere that decided to have a TV on, there was CNN.  And then just like both Johnnies, CNN went off to war.  At first it was all good.  When we bombed Baghdad back 1991 CNN newsmen were in Baghdad, reporting as the bombs were falling.  CNN became the number one news source.  And they called themselves.  "The most trusted name in news."  They would also have a voice come on just before they would show a commercial, to intone.  "You are watching CNN."  They were just like Johnny Marching Home triumphant.

But then came the fake stories and the hoaxes, too numerous to even begin to mention here.  But they were all reported dutifully, as if they were news.  Slowly but surely, even the most partisan of followers began to drift away.  No matter how angry someone maybe over whatever, they don't want to hear black helicopter conspiracy theories, which unfortunately, seem to be the only kind of people, still watching CNN.  Last week CNN had a viewing audience of just under 400,000 an hour.  How bad is that?  Well channels like HGTV and old reruns of Jerry Seinfeld that everyone has seen at least five times, draw bigger audiences.  Hell, even 'Duncanville', draws has more viewers.  Who?  It's some cartoon show no one here has ever heard of but it has an audience of 500,000.  There are 335 million people in the United States of America.  That means 99.999% of the American people, are not watching CNN.

So like Johnny sitting in front of the beggars bowl, CNN, We Hardly Knew Ye.

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*Joseph B. Geoghegan

^Patrick Gilmore