Presidents Day

 

I have never been prouder of Joseph R. Biden, Jr.  It takes a lot of guts to visit a war zone in defiance of threats from Putin and his fifth column.  Take a good look, poison dwarf.  Then avoid high windows.

I expected the usual complaints about President Zelenskyy's failure to change into suit and tie for the occasion, especially from the troll who dressed like Huggy Bear for the State of the Union, and twelve-toes Marge did not disappoint.  She's just so done with woke America that she wants a divorce, like the one her husband filed for last September.  "We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government," she tweeted illogically.  I love the smell of secession in the morning, even if they never actually do it anymore.  Marge doesn't know much about anything, including the history of her own state.  Remember this guy?

 

New to the Treason Team is Governissimo and president-in-his-sweaty-dreams Ron DeSantis:  "I and many Americans are thinking to ourselves, OK, he's very concerned about those borders halfway around the world.  He's not done anything to secure our own borders here."  No, most of us understand that Ukraine was invaded by an army, not penniless refugees carrying children.  Try not to make everything about you, Ronnie.  And try not to treat asylum seekers the way the Russians treat Ukrainians, by kidnapping and abusing them.  OK?

Where should Biden be?  In East Palestine, Ohio, of course, listening to people discuss their fears of being poisoned.  Trump is making a state visit, or as the Philadelphia Inquirer put it, "returning to the scene of his crime," since his deregulation policy led to the derailment.  "Of course Joe Biden is in Ukraine and not in Ohio...because screw Americans," sniffed Junior Trump.  Not all Americans, powder face.  Maybe talk to Republican Governor DeWine, who refuses to ask for a federal disaster declaration even though FEMA is already on the scene.  Another freight train derailed yesterday in Delphos, Ohio, without toxic cargo -- it only knocked down utility poles and blocked roads.

Mass shooting at Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans.  One dead, four wounded.  Probably angry because Mel Gibson didn't get to lead the Krewe of Bacchus.  Heavy rain in Brazil caused Carnival to be cancelled while workers search the rubble for survivors and bodies.

Turkey experienced two more earthquakes in the southern province where people were taking refuge from the first earthquake.  These were felt as far away as Egypt.  

Cable news is heavily into the Carter death watch, but the WaPo has a story about the only US president ever called upon to repair a nuclear reactor (Chalk River Laboratories, Ontario, 1952).  That's him in the middle, age 28.  Worth a read.

Barely noticed in the Biden news, four Democratic representatives (Ro Khanna, Tony Gonzales, Jake Auchincloss and Jonathan Jackson) visited Taiwan, where they met President Tsai-Ingwen and business leaders and generally annoyed the Chinese.

Finally!  Some news about the "Rage Against the War Machine" extravaganza at the Lincoln Memorial (urg, threw up in my mouth there) yesterday.  It was organized by the Libertarian Party and the People's Party, and big-name speakers included Ron Paul, Jill Stein and Tulsi Gabbard.  I never heard of the little-name speakers.  They had ten demands ranging from "Not one more penny for war in Ukraine" to "Free Julian Assange."  Here's the multitude on what appears to be a nice day:

Rage Against the Machine on line one, Libertarians.