And so on

 Florida will be months, if not years, recovering from Hurricane Ian, but at least the president has already signed the disaster declaration and FEMA was on the ground before Ian was.  And despite being a full-time louse and scumbag, DeSantis didn't have to grovel or beg.  Simple decency -- I've missed you.

Perry Greene filed for divorce on Tuesday from Marjorie Taylor Greene, and a salute to whoever first observed that he wants a "Greene New Deal."  The petition says they have been separated "for some time" -- maybe January 7, 2021?  Anyway, look for her on Christian Mingle.

Sometimes the shit only gets real when it ruins your shoes.  Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA) was bitten by a rabid fox on Capitol Hill.  Only then did Bera, a physician, discover that the average non-Member of Congress American would have to pay upwards of $7,000 for treatment.  He has introduced a bill to lower the cost of rabies vaccine -- on Wednesday, which was World Rabies Day.  There's a day for everything.

The Queen dies and her kingdom goes to hell.  The pound is at its lowest rate ever, the Bank of England is pumping money into the stock exchange to fend off collapse, the wheels are already coming off the weeks-old Truss administration as MPs urge her to fire her chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng.  Libraries to the rescue!  Not only have most libraries in England and Wales stopped charging late fees, they may offer "warm, free and accessible spaces" to the most vulnerable (i.e., the homeless and pensioners who can't afford their heating bills) this winter.  And they're welcome to read the books.

As a Category 4 hurricane assailed Florida its most famous resident was seeking donations -- for himself.  Inside his undamaged home Trump entreated the marks, "Whatever you can do to help out we have to meet the deadline with the midterms coming up."  As firefighters struggled to extract motorists from their flooded cars, he was urging the rubes to "make America great again."  The millions without electricity and the ruined houses and bridges are someone else's problem.

But Trump is the best multitasker in the history of the world, too, because he's also offering to negotiate peace and finally nail down that Noble Prize.

 

 It helps if you know that the Official Kremlin Line as amplified by Tucker Carlson is that the Nord Stream pipelines were sabotaged by Joe Biden because he hates Russia and wants to start a world war.  "Cool, calm and dry" is what I always think of when I picture Trump hurling ketchup at the wall.  He would also get Paul Whelan released although not Brittney Griner, who is not his type.

And what of his creatures?  Well, Doug Mastriano's stumbling campaign promises a new strategy:  "Forty days of fasting and prayer," announced on his website with a quote from Isaiah ("Thou shalt be called, the repairer of the breech, the restorer of paths to dwell in").  I saw him as more a Leviticus fan but whatever.  They say Isaiah drew crowds like this, too:

Did you know that a governor can declare war?  That's what Michael Flynn said as he campaigned for election denier/QAnon crazy/Arizona secretary of state candidate Mark Finchem.  I can remember when Dr. Strangelove came out and people said Gen. Jack D. Ripper was based on Curtis LeMay.  Now I'm amazed at the filmmakers' prescience in predicting Gen. Mickey Flynn.  

Before she became a singer/rapper Lizzo was a classically trained flutist.  Today at the Library of Congress she played a few notes on a crystal flute presented to James Madison and apparently never played before.  For some reason a number of cultural commentators found this unacceptable, one sniffing, "The purpose is to remind you that nothing you care about has any value."  It's possible that being a large Black woman and twerking while playing is the problem, but I don't want to put words in the mouth of this twitterer.  Another wailed, "They degrade our history and then call you racist if you actually value it." (emphasis added)  Did he know yesterday that Jem Madison even owned a flute?  I love these pointless little snits where they show their true colors.  And the kids in the audience loved Lizzo.  They don't think she's "a morbidly obese weirdo."  Some of them are asking their parents for flute lessons right now.  Some of them are even happy to be "overweight."

By the way, before he became a prophet Doug Mastriano was boasting that he is taller than Josh Shapiro, who is 5' 11''.  Did you know Madison was 5' 4"?

History is cool.