A Special Guy
And Precious Friends
A comedian is an entertainer with an act intended to make the audience laugh. Humor is partisan. Whether working to the good, or reinforcing corrosive conduct, the comic source amuses, informs, transforms.
The last line of a joke gives it “punch.” It resets perspective and understanding. It can inform a mistaken opinion. It can change an attitude and correct habitual misconduct. It can condone every ugly emotion and action common to the human experience.
History and Distance
Our relationship with the United Kingdom is a thing of wonder. We rebeled against its monarch and the acts of its parliament. We enshrined its notions of justice in our founding documents. We routinely and willingly crossed an ocean to come to its aid in times of peril.
Yes. We have a relationship with England about as “special” as Thanksgiving dinner with the extended family. Bad manners and unfortunate incidents survived in the moment are remembered fondly ever after.
This history of familial conduct gives the English a perspective on America that is unique and precious.
We may have left home, but elder eyes still have concerns. And perspective.
The Transatlantic Clown
Donald John Trump has diminished the prestige, power, and reach of our country by inserting himself into the 11-year-old Russo-Ukrainian War—on the side of the aggressor, Russia. He has offended our allies, destroyed trust among our critical international security partners, and generally been an uninformed bully seeking personal power writ large.
As his just reward, the strongman he admires disrespected him on the world stage.
Putin kept Trump hanging on an empty line for the first hour of a scheduled two-hour visit.
Putin reportedly was talking to an assembly of his oligarchs while Trump twiddled his sharpie, slurped on diet soft drinks, and listened to tunes from Dr. Zhivago.
On 21 Mar 25 HuffPost shared the satirical reporting of the British publication Private Eye. Its cover of 19 Mar 25 has gone viral. In case you missed it, here it is.
The punch line is that Putin is including the White House in his territorial acquitisitions.
Anthem
The globe and every life form it supports are teethering on the most recent and current hinge of history.
The Doomsday Clock is ticking toward an avoidable midnight of extinction.
The 47th president of the United States of America is a self-serving buffoon. He is not a true representative of our nature and/or our will in these challenging times. That he is an instant embarrassment is a matter of less concern than the damage his blind ambition is causing on his way to personal extinction.
Understand the moment and its consequences.
Take responsibility for your actions. Or a decision to try to “sit this one out.”
We the People can run but we cannot hide from the implementation of the callous, cruel, and corrupt Project 2025 playbook. We can resist. We can “just say ‘no’.” We can exercise our rights of assembly and opinion under the First Amendment. We can affect the net worth of members of the Intergalactic Billionaire Boys Club (IBBC).
The Power of One is indivisible and historically potent.
When enough committed individuals rise in unison and protest, tyrants fail and fall.
Acknowledge the chaos as in force and declare it unacceptable.
Let each of We the People unhappy with the results and consequences of Election 2024 every day in every legal way use our persons and our purses to deny, delay, disable, disassemble, and destroy implementation of the Project 2025 playbook.
1. Of our elected representatives--Demand identification of persons of good character and relevant experience to sit a Shadow Cabinet. Require them to daily protest illegalities, injustices and inequities proposed or enacted within their sphere of expertise.
2. Of ourselves—Keep a calm weather eye out for a true and actionable voice of resistance. Such a “face” routinely and spontaneously arises from citizens forced into acts of civil disobedience. When he or she or they surface, support their call for a return to law and order.
Persist.
Prevail.
That government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the oh so precious earth on our watch.
Thank you for alerting me to the HuffPost article. I see Private Eye Magazine is on Bluesky and I'll add it to sources, reliable and worth reading. @privateeyenews.bsky.social I wonder if Putin noticed that the White House became a Tesla showroom? The joke might be on Putin.