Each day we hear about another mind-blowing Trumpian disaster. They are now beyond shocking. Trumpworld Begins traces their beginnings in his first term. You’ll learn how it was all predicated and primed in the years 2016-2018—if only we’d been smart enough to read the signs. Continue reading “What We Learned about Trump and Forgot”
A Ballroom Built on Bloat
The original project was to cost $200 million, provided by private donors. The cost soon jumped to $300 million, then $400 million, now $1 trillion, adding unspecified security and military spaces paid for by you and me. Now they are talking about a West Wing expansion to “balance out” the 90,000 square foot ballroom on the east. Continue reading “A Ballroom Built on Bloat”
Past Correspondents’ Day Dinners
Yes, I watched two hours of last night’s shocking event. I’ll refrain from commenting on it since it will be all over the news media today. I will say that Trump’s White House response was mostly fair and decent (except for his babbling about the need for the new ballroom). Instead I reprint my 2018 reaction to a Dinner when the event was well into its sad decline. I did attend one of these events in 1994 when things were more accepting and jovial. Politics was so different then. Continue reading “Past Correspondents’ Day Dinners”
How the White House Sees Iran
Here is Sidney Blumenthal on Trump’s infantile obsession with war as a game: “The Trump White House is the first in history to define a war’s purpose as achieving the ecstatic sensation of playing a simulated war video game.” Continue reading “How the White House Sees Iran”
Finally It’s a Book
My historical-political book Trumpworld Begins was finally published February 5 on Amazon KDP. I hope you can give it a review. I want your honest feedback, positive or negative. Here is the link to Amazon US. I think you can also order from Amazon Mex though the site has some errors I’m trying to correct. You can also leave your comments on Goodreads. Continue reading “Finally It’s a Book”
The King Is Dead
I took to imagining what would transpire after the last rites were administered and everyone got copies (redacted, certainly) of the Epstein files that did him in. His death was not unexpected, and celebrations occurred worldwide. Read about that in Trumpworld Begins, publishing on February 5. Continue reading “The King Is Dead”
The Con Game in Trump 1.0
Many have forgotten how deranged Trump’s first term was. My new book, Trumpworld Begins, publishing February 5, aims to remind us how all the present chaos started. One of the great miscreants of Trump 1.0 was Tom Price, then head of HHS. From the book: I did a little frivolous dialogue with Tom back in 2017 just before he resigned.
What Happened Was. . .
On Friday I started down the callejon (alleyway) where I live to go to the bakery three blocks away. It’s about a hundred yards to the street, then another hundred or so to the corner, then two blocks to the bakery. I only got a little way to the corner and had to turn back home. My legs were too weak to continue. Another notch in the progress of aging. Continue reading “What Happened Was. . .”
A Different Holiday Season This Year
I spent Christmas alone and it was fine. Sure, I missed family and friends but we were in touch through the wonderful magic of video calls. There were no complicated arrangements, boring discussions, or effusive dinners. And no talk of politics and Trump. Living alone has its merits. Continue reading “A Different Holiday Season This Year”
Two and Two Are Five
“Only a bad person would celebrate violence or make crass jokes about it,” [Jon] Stewart said before sharing a series of clips of MAGA stars laughing and joking about the hammer attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband.
Continue reading “Two and Two Are Five”
“The book will be out in about two weeks.”
–Donald Trump
As some of you know, Trumpwold Begins came about through my blogging on jazzinsideandout in the years 2016-2018. From jazz my comments turned almost exclusively to politics. Continue reading ““The book will be out in about two weeks.”
–Donald Trump”