Green Day’s American Idiot was released shortly before Dubya was reelected. The idiots weren’t paying attention, because 20 years later they elected Trump to a second term.
Category: Politics, Religion & Money
Ol’ ’55
We’ll never have a president who was born in the Fifties, but now there’s an American Pope. He was born in September, 1955? In Chicago? Hey, me too!
A few of the important questions for him start with, was he a Beatles fan? Did he read comic books and have a crush on Angela Cartwright? And what about the influence of not only A Charlie Brown Christmas, but also It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown?
A Room at the Rock
“It sort of represents something that’s both horrible and beautiful.” — Donald Trump talking about Alcatraz
Something that’s both horrible and beautiful? Yeah, I can see that.

Canadia for Canadians
Trump saying, “never say never” about the United States annexing Canada as the 51st state deserved the reply, “It certainly won’t happen in your lifetime.”
The Monkee Men of Alcatraz
Trump says he will reopen Alcatraz
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/05/nx-s1-5387239/trump-alcatraz-reopen

The Shrinking President?
In a better future, this interview would be seen as a turning point for the MAGA faithful finally beginning to see their emperor has no clothes. But “they’re eating the dogs” didn’t do it, so what will?
If Terry Moran isn’t as tall as an NBA player, then Trump isn’t 6’3″. Seated pictures are good for comparison, because heels and lifts in shoes don’t help the wearer, and Zelenskyy is reportedly 5’7″.

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