In magas-on-the-street interviews last weekend, some spoke of trump as divine. One went so far as to say: “trump is my savior.” As numbers of his supporters plummet, trump’s situation ripens for extreme measures. Once trump’s a full-on dictator, he’ll never cede power. 1/14

“The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay/If they'd put 15 more miles behind her.” [FN1] trump’s hold on office as “dictator for life” will be secure if circumstances combine with various events. Mob…

We have few defenses against heavily armed, masked thugs who drag people away. People wear masks so they can’t be identified. The “bad guys” (e.g., bank robbers) don’t want to get caught. The only “good guys” who wear masks are in comic books and works of fiction. 1/9

“Rule of law” means every person is subject to the law. [FN1] That standard was fundamental to our system of justice. At the State of the Union, Tony Soprano could have played the part of the POTUS, thanking the Chief…

Yesterday, the DePauw University football team won the Monon Bell for the fourth consecutive year, 41-20. Since at least 1999 I have watched the game streamed live at the “official” Indy site, Broad Ripple Tavern. (It’s extremely annoying when one repeats a garish 41-20 score.) 1/6

DePauw’s website has a logo for the game on the University’s website. Some people might not realize there actually is a bell for a traveling trophy. The Monon Bell, kept for the fourth year in a row by…

Several U.S. Senators [FN1] caved during the night and have entered an agreement to end the government shutdown. With little point in fuming about it, there are two batches of documents or lists that the voters have a right to see, the first being Epstein docs. 1/11

Membership in or affiliation w/a political party does not enter into diagnosis of an individual who sexually abuses a child. Epstein documents, w/o names being masked, should be released now. Anyone who holds public office…

In 10 months, between a move west and the USA facing authoritarian rule, it seems prudent to revisit similarities and differences between der fuehrer of the 12 ½ year reich (“18") [FN1] and the current occupant of the Oval Office (who still comes up short). 1/11

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1) The book that 18 wrote was bought by many, [FN2] was rehashed bigotry, and was gibberish & doggerel, but gibberish & doggerel that 18 dictated and was neither ghost-written [FN3] nor…

Content Warning 1: This story contains references to suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide and needs support now, call or text 988 or chat with the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988lifeline.org. 1/11

The “unsinkable” HMS Titanic sank in April, 1912. Dave MacDonald lost control as he exited Turn 4 on the second lap of the 1964 Indy 500. Eddie Sachs hit him. Both men died. Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in the sky shortly after lift-off in January,…

“False sense of security”: a polite descriptive for ICE monitoring voting sites in NJ & California. [FN1] “Scare away non-white voters”: less polite/more accurate descriptive for masked, heavily-armed ICE thugs in combat gear at voting sites. Consider: 1/9

1) Armed, masked ICE thugs do not make voting more secure.

Guns are not magic wands. ICE will stop ppl who look suspicious in a “Kavanaugh stop”; [FN2] “apparent ethnicity” is “relevant.” [FN3] The lead “apparent” [FN4]…