According to Garrison Keillor, March 24 was “the birthday of the poet, publisher, and bookstore owner Lawrence Ferlinghetti, born in Yonkers, New York (1919). . . . He went to college at the University of North Carolina and then joined the Navy during World War II, where he was the commander of a 110-foot ship. … Continue reading Ferlinghetti: A Birthday & A Favorite Beatnik Poem
It’s Opening Day, and I have a confession to make. It’s not an April Fool. Here it is: it’s Opening Day, and I don’t care. And I’m not sure why. Is it part of the pandemic hangover, part of the “Old Normal” that was ripped away from us a year ago, now lost somewhere amid … Continue reading My Opening Day Confession
Eric Trump was one who sneered at the pandemic in late Spring, and said media attention to it was no more than a Democratic Party campaign ploy. As reported in Forbes (a respected, business-oriented journal): During an interview with Fox News host Jeanine Pirro on “Justice with Judge Jeanine,” Eric Trump, the son of President … Continue reading The Election Is over For Biden; the Pandemic is not
News reports since Election Tuesday indicate that a growing number of White House staffers are reviewing their resumes, riffling through address/networking lists and beginning to think about a post-West Wing job search. This possibility was evidently not on their radar when they were watching the Boss’s rallies last week, hearing the crowds roar their belief … Continue reading Job-Hunting Leads for Departing White House Staffers
MEMO: From my sources deep in the MAGA HQ, some fresh hot data: The voting is finished. The incumbent appears to be losing. Will he resist defeat? Issue a call to arms? Seek mayhem in the streets? From six confidential messages, electronically intercepted, rerouted to my email inbox, then painstakingly decrypted, I can report that … Continue reading Intelligence Update [Unredacted Version]