(Stolen from Robert Benchley, circa 1940)
Apologies to anyone who's been waiting to hear from me (gotta be somebody out there, right? Right??).
Silence born of a fear of commitment, I guess, after being burned by Facebook, then Twitter. And now I hear even Bluesky is experiencing, uh...problematic growth pangs?
Can't ANYTHING resist the tsunami of enshittification that's destroying the internet??!
Life these days is an endless loop of that episode of "I Claudius" where Claudius expresses his CERTAINTY--over and over again-- that the latest outrage by Caligula will SURELY awaken the Senate and restore the Republic.
For "Caligula" substitute "Trump", for "Senate", "voters", and for "restore the Republic", "finally bring us socialism."
The velvet vermin strikes again 🐈⬛
After the failed attempt on Reagan's life, I called the 700 Club's donation line to convince the fundamentalist answering the phone that Ronnie HAD to be the antichrist--he survived an assassination attempt, as predicted in Revelations, AND there are 6 letters in each of his 3 names: Ronald Wilson Reagan=666
"Well," she replied, "If you read your bible more closely, you'll see the antichrist survives a HEAD WOUND"
Might stop laughing at the Fundies now until we see how this thing plays out
Wall Street tycoon Stephen Schwarzman endorsed Trump yesterday.
He joins a growing list of billionaires who once condemned the former president but are now flocking to his campaign.
Never underestimate how quickly billionaires will sell out our democracy for tax cuts.