Post #838: Random Observations

The following are merely a series of random, unrelated observations that have not-a-freaking-thing to do with normal life. Normal life ended a couple of years ago. We now live in a new and unsettling reality. This is the new normality. Get used to it. America is fucked is beyond anyone's worst imagination.
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1. FUCK SPIRO AGNEW
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This is a bombshell. The Rachel Maddow team have unearthed documents which prove that, seven years after leaving office in disgrace, former vice-president Spiro Agnew sought financial aid from the royal family of Saudi Arabia (to the tune of $200,000 per year) to assist him in waging "war" on "the Jews" and "Zionists" in America who were trying to destroy America. We always knew that old Spiro was as contemptible a piece of shit as it was possible to scrape off the history books, but this nasty bit of information only further seals his reputation.

2. Another Step Into the Abyss

According to the NY Times, this disgusting administration is on the verge of providing Saudi Arabia with sensitive nuclear technology in strict violation of international law. That the Trump administration could do something  as insanely reckless as that shouldn't surprise anyone. The "government" of that country (such as it is) is one of the most corrupt on the planet and is almost as unstable. Don't forget that nineteen of the twenty hijackers on September 11, 2001 were from that country - and America ended up invading Iraq. The possibility of someone from within going on a jihad to end all jihads is something that cannot be dismissed lightly. If the Times is correct (and they're usually fairly astute) This could lead to a king-hell nightmare somewhere down the line. Let's hope cooler hears prevail. Wishful thinking, I know.

Idiot Nation

3. Not Quite Mueller Time

This week we were being told that Bob Mueller and team were within days of releasing the report all of us have been waiting nearly two long years for. Now the "experts" are telling us that we might be waiting a few weeks - or even a couple of months - longer. That's fine and dandy with me. We want to know that Team Mueller is dotting every I and crossing every T. Also, we'll be able to roll our eyes in amusement when the right wing SCREAM MACHINE accuses them of rushing to judgment. And besides, for every day that this investigation goes on, the president of the United States becomes more and more unhinged - always a jolly fun thing to watch. Someone needs to publish a book containing every tweet Donald Trump has created since the time he announced his candidacy in June of 2015. Have it ready by the Christmas season. It'll be the biggest seller of the year.

Let Bob and company do what needs to be done. Thoroughness is next to godliness. you may quote me on that.

Take your sweet time, Mr. Mueller!

5.  Mike Pence Gets Humiliated

Mike Pence went to Germany this week to address the Munich Security Conference. It didn't go over very well. Apparently the veep thought he could score points with the boss by giving him a plug before a crowd that is, for reasons too numerous to mention, hostile to the Trump Mob. To hardly anyone's surprise, Pence's little ploy backfired spectacularly:

"[O]n behalf of a champion of freedom and of a strong national defense, I bring greeting from the forty-fifth president of the United States, President Donald Trump." 

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Poor old Mike paused, waiting for the applause he was certain was coming....

NOTHING. You could almost hear the crickets chirping. It was the funniest thing this year thus far - a year that promises to deliver untold thousands of knee slappers. That's what I love about the vice-president: he never fails to deliver the goods.
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Keep 'em coming, Mike!
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Tom Degan

Goshen, NY

AFTERTHOUGHT:  

This is the first piece I've posted on this site in a little over two weeks. I apologize or the wait - I mean, that is if there's anyone out there who gives a damn. Aww, c'mon! There must be at least one of you! I've been having some health issues that sapped my strength - and, no, I am not dying - CHILL! Back to business as unusual!

In memory of Peter Tork

1942-2019
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I make no apologies: I was (and still am) a stone-cold fan of The Monkees. When they came on the scene in the autumn of 1966, I was eight-years-old and ripe for the picking. While some of their music is quite dated, a lot of it holds up quite well across the decades. I had the pleasure of meeting him in March of 1980. his band was performing at a long-gone venue in Middletown, NY called The O & W Station. He was kind enough to sign my LP of The Monkees Greatest Hits.

To the Tom Deegan Expressway
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Peter Tork
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I didn't even mind that he spelled my name wrong. I introduced my date that night to the bartender. A year later they were married. John and Michele Bernieri are married still. They have Peter Tork to thank for that. God rest his soul.