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Open the Pod Bay Doors, HAL...

Open the Pod Bay Doors, HAL...

That was the week that was.

The Thrill is Gone

The Thrill is Gone

Your nighttime dreams are forgotten as you doomscroll yourself awake. There's no time for daydreams as your phone pings with every Trump alert. Our mental health is in decline as the country falls off the World Happiness Chart.

Gulag America

The process, as everyone knows, is called “profiling.” If you approach the checkpoint as a white person, the odds of you being detained are minimal. Traveling north while brown is more problematic.

The Art of the Deal, OK, Sort of...

The Art of the Deal, OK, Sort of...

Yes, it's TDS. Trump Distraction Syndrome.

"You Effed Up. You Trusted Us."

"You Effed Up. You Trusted Us."

Can we get a mulligan on the last election?

The Nazification Escalation

The Nazification Escalation

Ridiculing the Trump deep state as Naziesque, joking around about his Nazi enablers seemed at times to be tiresome and so much amplified hysteria. Not anymore.

The Fourth Reich

The Fourth Reich

Lying and deception have always been a central facet of U.S. politics and policy. What we assumed separated us from the rest of the planet was this false notion that our governmental mechanics outed the bad actors. We put our faith in process, and we were fools.

Boys With Toys

Making hard choices is what we overpay these people to do.

A Lost Son of Texas

A Lost Son of Texas

Freddy’s mother died last August at the age of 94. Were she still with us, she’d have another battle on her hands because The Medal of Honor recipient’s name, photo, and story have been taken down from Pentagon and Department of Defense and the Naval History and Heritage Command web sites.

The Madness of King Don

The Madness of King Don

Well, King George had an excuse.

A Rant: Memo to the 77 Million

A Rant: Memo to the 77 Million

Why hasn't your boy-hero Elon been arrested? Congress has not authorized him to take his chainsaw to budgets that have proved critical to American excellence. Only the signature of his Fuhrer Trump has empowered punk-ass programmers to lop off the lives and services of people like our vets.

You Poor, Dumb Sucker.

national politics

You Poor, Dumb Sucker.

Come on, you're just trying to confuse me with information.

Fun with Doublethink

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Fun with Doublethink

"...if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed -if all records told the same tale – then the lie passed into history and became truth." -G. Orwell, 1984

Oh, Lost!

Wolfe, like most of us in America today, was mourning the inescapable truth that time moves forward and that we cannot ever truly return to what we once knew, which might be our country’s ugly fate.

I Got a Lot of Problems With You People!

I Got a Lot of Problems With You People!

Please! Please! Give us a break from this.

Can Anyone Here Play This Game?

Can Anyone Here Play This Game?

If you have to keep yelling "Incoming!" it loses its punch.

The Quimby Court of the Mango King

The Quimby Court of the Mango King

As for Musk, his super PAC aired $1 million worth of ads that said, “Thank you, President Trump." Another dog pressing his nose against the Mango King's booty.

America First. Women and Children Last.

America First. Women and Children Last.

Wherein we find the only "Big Balls" belong to that 19-year-old DOGE punk.

Donnie Darwin

The blunt force trauma of their cuts is designed to rid this country and the wider world of vulnerable populations and reinforce structures of privilege and power. It has nothing to do with saving taxpayers’ money.

End of the Reagan Era

End of the Reagan Era

What a long, strange trip it's been.

Broke Down

We are coming undone, stricken with our own stupidity and inability to stop the hijacking of our government, which is transpiring in front of our eyes while we sit in front of the TV and computers with Cheetos on our fingertips and beer on our breath.

Ready, Fire, Aim!

Ready, Fire, Aim!

Be patient, everyone. It will pay off.

Disorder, Distractions, and Diversions

Disorder, Distractions, and Diversions

"Bick, you shoulda shot that fella a long time ago. Now he's too rich to kill."

Down on the Rio Grande

Down on the Rio Grande

The border is booming but the economic expansion is at risk because of the new American president. Consider that exports from Texas supported more than 1 million jobs in this state and we exported $129.5 billion of goods to Mexico in 2023.