The Decline and Falling

Before watching the video, read this jumble of words. Just as Biden did at that age, Trump is deteriorating, but at least it isn’t hidden from view.

“They looked at him falling downstairs every day. Every day, the guy is falling downstairs. He said, It’s not our President. We can’t have it. I’m very careful. You know, when I walk downstairs for, like, a month, stairs, like these stairs, I’m very—I walk very slowly. Nobody has to set a record. Just try not to fall, because it doesn’t work out well. A few of our presidents have fallen and it became a part of their legacy. We don’t want that. You walk nice and easy. You’re not having—you don’t have to set any record. Be cool. Be cool when you walk down, but don’t—don’t pop down the stairs. So one thing with Obama, I had zero respect for him as a President, but he would bop down those stairs. I’ve never seen it. Da-da, da-da, da-da, bop, bop, bop. He’d go down the stairs. Wouldn’t hold on. I said, It’s great. I don’t want to do it. I guess I could do it. But eventually, bad things are going to happen, and it only takes once. But he did a lousy job as president. A year ago, we were a dead country. We were dead. This country was going to hell.”

I was confident the world would survive Trump’s first term. I’m hoping we can do it again. For now, I am relying on “marker therapy.”

A President at War With America

Trump takes the next step towards declaring martial law to prevent the midterm elections.

“We should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/us/politics/trump-hegseth-military-officers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.p08.Qbmx.d4ya4TBLhY_H&smid=url-share

If that latest outrage makes it difficult to relax, watch this.

One of those may not be enough, if you’re trying to get to sleep.

Is This Guy For Real?

This anti-Trump screed has been making the rounds and getting a lot of attention. It made my ancient, rusty “reporter’s warning bell” ring.

So, who is Oliver Kornetzke? He seemed to appear out of nowhere, with something intended to get people worked up. Which has me wondering, even after looking through his Substack and BlueSky pages, if he is actually an AI construction, compliments of Putin.

https://substack.com/@oliverkornetzke/note/c-126784206

https://bsky.app/profile/kornetzke.bsky.social

Yeah, it’s really come to this, where I am questioning the existence of someone who is using his/her/their “real” name online.

Jimmy’s Kimmelmann Turn*

I’m pleased to be wrong about Jimmy Kimmel not returning to ABC-TV. He’ll be at his usual spot tomorrow night. If he’s going to make a change to his show, it should be bringing up the lights on his set. It’s as dark as the Batcave.

Did you like that AI Batman clip? Here’s another one.

On Facebook, the MAGA trolls were repeating Trump’s taunts about Kimmel’s network TV ratings, with reportedly about 1.5 million regular viewers. What they’re missing is that he has 20 million followers on YouTube.

* “An Immelmann turn was a maneuver used after an attack on another aircraft to reposition the attacking aircraft for another attack.”