The ongoing coup being staged by Co-President Elon “Sieg Heil” Musk is rolling along at a pretty good clip, it has to be said.
His minions are fanning out through any number of federal agencies, demanding access to legally protected data and throwing tantrums (as befits their tender ages) whenever anyone gets in their way. Apparently their next target is the Pentagon, which is staffed by highly trained, heavily armed, and very dedicated men and women who have sworn an oath to defend the US Constitution against all enemies domestic and foreign and I for one would pay money to see that happen.
Co-President Elon “Sieg Heil” Musk has taken to simply declaring things as if that made them so. Did you know there is no Department of Education anymore? He said so! This should come as a surprise to Congress, which is the only body that can make that call under the Constitution.
But then the Republicans in Congress seem pretty satisfied with their increasing irrelevance and unaware that they are the next obvious target for this coup, so we’ll see what happens.
This is all part of the “flood the zone with bullshit” strategy that you knew was coming, by the way.
The goal here is simply to demoralize, distract, and disturb. Few if any of the things that Co-President Elon “Sieg Heil” Musk is attempting are designed to last. They’re only designed to overawe.
Although given that Co-President Elon “Sieg Hiel” Musk now has the full identifying information and tax data for every single American (including Convicted Felon Donald J. Trump), there is the rather sad notion that he isn’t the Co-President anymore. I wonder if anyone has explained to Convicted Felon Donald J. Trump how irrelevant he has become.
That’s another thing I’d pay money to see.
It has been another horrifying week to be an American, the third such since Convicted Felon Donald J. Trump was installed into power, and the list of things that he and his minions, lackeys, cronies and slaves have done in that time is both long and unforgivable.
I would very much like to be thinking about other things. I have students to advise and classes to teach. The Super Bowl – the biggest secular holiday on the American calendar after all – is featuring my own hometown Eagles on Sunday for just the fifth time ever and I have had no time at all to revel in that fact. We have summer plans that we’d like to be making, and celebrations that we’d like to plan.
All of this is getting put on hold because a toddler of a man couldn’t deal with losing an election and his fanatical cult put him back into power, apparently to burn the country down.
I will stand and I will be heard, but it would be nice to sit for a while too.
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It should be noted that I stopped watching the Super Bowl a long time ago. However, if four strange heavily armed young men were to show up and attempt to get me to watch SBLIX this weekend, I'd rather take the bullet. Trying to watch a football game with a shot of the current residentcon being put up on the screen after every play? And split screen on the replays? And. And, - No. Just plain NO. (Go ahead. Try to convince me it ain't going to be so ... )
My Viking and I will, on the other hand, be watching the Puppy Bowl XX on Discovery. At least they got puppies!
Lucy
Every week in my office I post a poll. It's usually something goofy that students can come in and make their tick mark and talk about, and I try to have some fun with it. Last week's question was: "What is the best part of the Super Bowl?"
The winner, by a fairly wide margin, was "It's a good time to go to the grocery store." This was a write-in, actually.
The original choices were a) the game, b) the commercials, c) the halftime show, d) the Puppy Bowl, e) the fact that the football season is FINALLY over, or f) game? what game?
Second prize went to another write in: "Snacks." The game came in last.
So I think you have the Voice of the People on your side. :)
I have been losing interest in football for a long time now, but I grew up as an Eagles fan and it's still a signifier for my home town, and they have been terrible far more often than good in my lifetime. So I'll watch and cheer for them. I never expect them to win, but it would be nice.
And I hope that whenever the camera pans across to Convicted Felon Donald J. Trump, I hope it is right after an extended shot of Taylor Swift and we get to see his blood pressure rise in real time. Bonus points for a cardiac event right there at the game.
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