Gummed by newts

 Molly Ivins wrote, "I have been attacked by Rush Limbaugh on the air, an experience somewhat akin to being gummed by a newt.  It doesn't actually hurt, but it leaves you with slimy stuff on your ankle."

Limbaugh's sliming days are over, but plenty aspire to his pre-eminence.  When speaking in Paris Vice President Harris apparently pronounced one word in a non-canonical manner and was instantly accused of undermining the infrequently-special relationship with France by imitating a French accent.  Last I heard the French were all huffy about a submarine deal with Australia, not American speech.  (For the record she said "thee" for "the," not "ze" or ''zut alors!" or anything like that.)  Emanuel Macron has not recalled his ambassador.  Nobody even noticed but the Fox Gang and, of all people, Ari Fleischer, who used to translate Bush-speak into basic English for a living.  Is it still hard to put food on your family, Ari?

Mick & Keith should also check their ankles for slime.  Paul McCartney recently called them "a blues cover band," which certainly describes their first recordings half a century ago.  Now Roger Daltrey has pronounced the Stones "a mediocre pub band," while conceding that Jagger is "the number one rock'n'roll performer."  And how are their tours going?  Oh.  Sorry.

I'm surprised the Fox Ministry of Public Enlightenment can talk about anything other than Camilla Duchess of Cornwall's encounter with Joe Biden, during which she says he trumped.  She says so to everyone within earshot, apparently.  Camilla may be days (or years) away from becoming the most disliked queen since Anne Boleyn, and she can't be happy that the current queen's place at Remembrance Day ceremonies was taken by the Duchess of Cambridge.  How do we know she didn't cut the cheese herself?   At any rate, Biden hasn't tendered his resignation.  

Who said this?  "When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men.  I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.  But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen."  Whoever it was, he forgot to add "and don't post a picture of yourself doing it, you vicious hate-filled idiot."

 1.  I see she concentrates on Revelation.

2.  Needs a few more wall crosses.

3.  Can we call her Pharisee Taylor Greene?

No doubt she agrees with convicted/pardoned felon and traitor Michael Flynn, who called for "One nation under god and one religion under god" on the crackpot caravan known as ReAwaken America.  He was seconded by Ohio Senate candidate Josh Mandel.  Mandel is running an ugly campaign and has now been the object of an ugly attack from an opponent named (appropriately) Mark Pukita, who wants everyone to know that "he's Jewish.  Everybody should know that, right?"  These are the people who claim vaccine mandates are a summons to the cattle cars and a mask is just a disposable yellow star.  Whatever Ohio decides will further slime public discourse.  

Pigpen Bannon was indicted by a federal grand jury on Friday and is scheduled for arraignment tomorrow.  Unless he and all the others glorying in their contempt of Congress are convicted and locked up, it's just another exercise in newt-gumming.