An unfortunate side effect of having positive moral values w/o critical thinking skills is best illustrated by the reaction many had yesterday to the statement that trump’s current spouse gave from the White House. No one bothered to search for a deeper meaning. 1/6

Fortunately, my Deep State Decoder Ring/Bottle Cap Opener/Roach Clip was close at, but not on my, hand. It had started to glow when the TV switched from the Sumo Mud Wrestling Big Truck Finals to the aforementioned…

You don’t know me.

We take things for granted. Founders did not: a standing army was debated. Oceans “situated [us] at a great distance from” warring nations. [FN1] Wars did not gouge thousand-mile scars across our soil, as trenches did to France in WW1. 1/13

The Framers of the Constitution [FN2] were suspicious of people who held, or sought, political power and so created checks and balances to stop such people from seizing power and to check the exercise of such power. [FN3]…

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” trump’s words today & he is right. Putin hates the U.S., owns trump, and wants our to civilization die. An added bennie: Russia is making a lot more money for oil Russia sells. 1/5

In interviews of random people in the U.S., a common comment is “trump has to do something or else Iran will get nukes.” THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT ALLOW A PRESIDENT THAT POWER. 2/5

We used to learn such things in civics, but…

What was the United States response to a dictator’s threat to kill millions in another country?

No dictator has been so stupid as to make such a threat.

Today, trump threatened to blow "everything up" if Iran won't make a deal. [FN1] 1/9

He’s threatened to blow them “back to the Stone Age, where they belong.” That means war crimes. For those of you who voted for the [expletive] [FN2] and see no problems, or are willing “to talk” read no farther. The time to talk was in the…