Maybe Try Some Holy Water

December 13, 2025

 

When you’ve got a leader so irrational that he bombs fishing boats for smuggling drugs, while at the same time pardoning a notorious drug kingpin who was actually in jail, you’ve gotta wonder:

 

What drives him?

 

The corkscrew mind of the incumbent president may be due to dementia, or it may be something else. Perhaps he’s fighting inner demons that make him try to destroy everything good that he sees. (I’m familiar with the type.)

 

Since logic and scathing editorials aren’t working, perhaps we should look elsewhere for our salvation.

 

Anybody know an exorcist?

 

 

 

Does He Think They've Changed Their Minds?

 

December 11, 2025

 

I don’t write about all the outrageous events going on, simply because there are too many of them. (In fact, a couple of months ago I started to write a post about how horrible government deeds are so prolific that we’re getting numbed to them, and how that is a very bad thing; but I was too overwhelmed to write it. Consider this that post.)

 

So I’ll turn to one that the rest of the country is probably unaware of, so it’s not rehashing news you’ve already heard.

 

At President Trump’s behest, his loyal followers in Missouri redrew the congressional districts to favor Republicans. When they got wind of the proposed change, People Not Politician, a political action committee, started collecting signatures for a referendum to put the matter to a vote by the citizens. They got over 300,000 signatures, more than twice the number needed to get the issue on the ballot.

 

Was the Secretary of State impressed by the action? Indeed he was. He was so worried that the issue might come to a vote, and the gerrymander be rejected, that he declared that signatures collected before the governor signed the bill into law would be rejected. So, there go 92,000 signatures. Then he said that since he didn’t approve the form of the referendum for two more weeks, signatures collected before that wouldn’t be counted, either.

 

Probably just as well: Who knows how many people might have changed their minds between September 29 and October 14^th?

 

Maybe somebody can start collecting signatures to kick him out of office.

 

 

 

The Unending Quest for Ratings

 

December 7, 2025

 

I’ve been to the auto shop, a doctor’s office, and a laboratory lately. They all did fine work. I paid, thanked them, and left.

 

And have been harassed ever since by emails asking me to rate them. Ignoring the emails doesn’t work. They just keep asking. Any goodwill I harbored toward them is burned up by the email bombardment.

 

Note to all these places:

 

If you do a lousy job, I’ll let you know. If a particular employee does an outstanding job, I’ll let you know that, too. (Really.)

 

Otherwise, give it a rest.