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2026/04/12

A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma

A friend made the following comment to me:

“For years I have tried to decipher humanity and figure out if we suffer the Arrogance of Ignorance, or the Ignorance of Arrogance.”

That comment was followed up by a very polemic comment about the current political situation in these here United States of America. Although I do not know why, since I am way beyond worrying about hurting the feelings of tRump supporters, I am refraining from adding it to to this post.

His poser is a conundrum that I do not have an answer to.

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2026/04/072026/04/07

A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.

From Dr. Strangelove… Slim Pickens riding the bomb down

The caption of this post is the latest insane quote from our so called POTUS.

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” ~~ Donald J. Trump

It sounds like he is threatening to wipe out a whole country. For what? They did not bow down to his royal ass? Of course, this is referring to Iran and oil shipments. The problem with tRump and his malAdministration is that none of them are chess players, they are not even checker players. They cannot see the global chess board one move in front of them. How else could they start an immoral, unneeded war that was urged on by the madman in Israel, and the power hungry, greedy leader of Saudi Arabia?

Might does not make right.

Truth is I really do not know what to say. This is beyond comprehension. This is not the country that I have loved and been proud of for most of my life. Not by a long shot. This cluster f*** is even worse than I could have imagined. I would have never envisioned the United States as a terrorist country, but we are fast becoming one.

For a more nuance and scholarly take on the the catastrophe that is dangling over us like the Sword of Damocles go to Paul Krugman’s video for today: Our Darkest Hour (read the transcript – it is quicker and easier)

What has the MAGA mob gotten us into. May Huitzilopochtli save us all.

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2026/04/052026/04/05

Quote of the Day – Donald J. Trump, Another Day, More Threatened War Crimes

Quote of the Day… not actually daily, but whenever I encounter one I think worth sharing and there are not too many in sequence. I like quotes as they frequently distill a piece of wisdom into a brief passage, or make other points very succinctly – such as the witticisms of Oscar Wilde.

“Tuesday will be power plant day and bridge day, all wrapped up in one in Iran. There will be nothing like it. Open the fuckin strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in hell. Just watch. Praise be to Allah.” ~~ Donald J. Trump

Targeting civilian targets like power plants and bridges are war crimes under international law. Obviously, this man has never heard the poker maxim about not drawing to an inside straight. At last count his sycophant, Pete Hegseth, has fired 20 generals who were trying to put some brakes on this madness.

Still happy with your vote for this madman, may Allah save your soul.

For a little more nuance on the quote (verified from several sources), here is Krugman’s article: Living in Hell… read the transcript rather than watch the video.

To see more Quotes for Day, visit this link: Quotes for the Day

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2026/01/252026/01/25

Monsters – Still Happy with Voting for Trump?

What has happened to my once beloved country?

Here is a link to Krugman’s post today: Monsters

It starts out:

All this after they had control of the man who, from what I have read, was only trying to protect a woman from pepper spray being used by ICE agents.

The really sad part is that this is getting to be a common story. Trying to find accurate statistics about ICE and ICE deportations is almost a hopeless task. Whether you agree with deportations or not, I find it hard to believe anyone would approve of the tactics of this Fascist regime and the government agency, ICE, that seems to populated the worst of the worst. And the Trump Administration is defending them and cheering them on.

Are you still happy with your vote for Trump? Are you still happy with voting for Republicans enabling this madman strutting around the White House? Are you happy with government sponsored armed thugs in our streets? Are you happy with the mass abuse of people, who by the vast majority, were simply seeking a better life? Are you still happy with a President who has surrounded himself with the worst possible people? Are you still happy with a President that has pissed off just about everyone of our long term friends and allies, all the while sidling up to the worst dictators on the planet?

God save your soul.

My hope is that we will vote the monsters out in November. A bigger part of me is afraid we will not have the opportunity.

All of this for what? To stroke a madman’s ego… to bring on the Armageddon… To rid our country of brown people… All this so the rich get richer and the rest of us without benefits…

I have never felt so hopeless about the future of this country.

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2026/01/212026/01/28

Trump’s Letter to Prime Minister of Norway

Here is the letter that Trump wrote to the Prime Minister of Norway. It has been verified by several sources including Norway’s Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre:

“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT

I don’t care what universe you reside in or what your political leanings are, that is bat shit crazy to the n^th degree.

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2026/01/172026/01/18

Nicknames for He Who Shall Not Be Named

Trigger warning: This is going to get crude… fast.

Giving nicknames to politicians has long been a popular American pastime, especially for those occupying the White House. The current occupant stinking up the Oval Office, however, has spawned a whole cottage industry generating euphemisms and nicknames for him. This quasi-humanoid has an extreme pathological need for attention, which reminds me of a psychology precept from Transactional Analysis, “a soggy potato chip is better than no potato chip.”

One of the ones that I see most often is tRump, emphasizing the rump part of his name, which to my way of thinking is much too polite. On occasion I have riffed on that one and used tArse.

From the title of this article, He Who Shall Not be Named, obviously a reference to the villainous warlock of the Harry Potter series of books. In Mexico this becomes Innombrable, interesting enough one of the few examples of when it takes fewer Spanish words for a concept than in English. It may be common in other parts of Latin America, but I visit with a few Mexicans on iTalki so I know a little bit more about there.

Speaking of Spanish, I frequently refer to him as El pendejo, which over time has morphed to El puta pendejo, then El puta pendejo naranja. If you are not up on your Spanish curse words I will let you put these phrases into Google translator yourself. One of the things about Google translator is that it will take the crudest of comments and translate them to something somewhat milder.

I was talking about the current cluster f*** that is the politics in the United States, and I used El puta pendejo with one of my tutors who lives north of Mexico City. Normally I stay very proper with my tutors except Continue reading “Nicknames for He Who Shall Not Be Named”

2026/01/052026/01/05

Top 10 Tips for Surviving 2026

This is a satirical website, hopefully that is obvious… This video, however, is less so. She is advocating some of the strategies I have implemented attempting to ride out the tormenta de mierda that is El puta pendejo naranja.

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2025/12/07

Word of the Day – Snollygoster

Word of the Day… not actually daily, but whenever I encounter one I think worth sharing and there are not too many on my landing page. Words have always fascinated me, and I am a fan of all types of word play, especially puns. I have a hard time not looking up a word that I am unfamiliar with or not sure of the definition. I like those authors that stretch me by throwing in unexpected terms.

Noun: Snollygoster
1. a shrewd, unprincipled person, especially a politician – US dialect.
Synonyms:
1. Machiavellian
2. opportunist
3. knave
4. And many more… Synonyms for Snollygoster
Encountered: While watching an offering from Great Courses Plus , one on vocabulary, go figure.
Usage: Well not usage, but my thoughts on the word. When I first heard the definition I immediately thought of El puta pendejo naranja currently stinking up the Oval Office. I began playing with how the word sounded as I pronounced it. On its own it changed from snollygoster to Snollygoster-in-Chief. For a brief moment I thought it a good euphemism for President Baldy Locks, but I then thought it sounded much too cute for that, like a character in a Dr. Seuss book. However, there is no way his heart will ever grow three sizes in one day. In fact it seems to be shrinking more and more with each new day, almost as fast as his cognitive decline.
More:
1. If you want to get your nerd on here is an article on the origin of the word: What’s a snollygoster? Even lexicographers are wrong sometimes

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2025/11/272025/11/27

Rev. Joe’s Random Thought #4,033

yeah I know you did not ask!

You should so be blessed – well cursed at times actually – with a mind such as mine, making all these weird connections between my rumored neurons. Just be thankful that I do not share all of my random thoughts.

A New Pandemic

As you probably remember, most of us survived the recent COVID pandemic that occurred at the beginning of another pandemic, the invasive parasitic brain worm known as Trumpism, which in itself was the result of the unnatural mating of incorrigible, rampant, corporate capitalism and dogmatic, religious fundamentalism.

In the last few months a new pandemic has descended on us, this one given the cute name of AI, Artificial Intelligence. It is everywhere I do not want it to be… like out of control canker sores. IMHO, the movie, Terminator, was prophetic. I am spending way too much time trying to eliminate AI from my devices to just see it pop up in a different application. It is reminding me more and more of a “social disease”. It is appearing more and more like the only solution is abstinence from all things computer related.

From the movie, Terminator:

“By the time Skynet became self-aware it had spread into millions of computer servers across the planet. Ordinary computers in office buildings, dorm rooms, everywhere. It was software in cyberspace. There was no system core. It could not be shut down. The attack began at 6:18 p.m., just as he said it would. Judgment Day. The day the human race was nearly destroyed by weapons they’d built to protect themselves.”

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