№ 402: Truth Trumped

If you do your research,
go through archives,
you'll see I was faithful
to each of my wives,
as well as some
married to other guys.

Faithful, I mean,
when I was with them
because I am that kind.
Doesn't mean always.
No reason it should.
Out of sight, out of mind.

I had to revoke Brennan's security, obviously.
For some reason he would never be nice to me,
helping to sell the SICK illusion
that Russia and Trump did some “collusion”.
“No collusion? Hogwash!”, said he.
This I can not allow.
And even if I did collude —
which I DID NOT! and IT IS NOT A CRIME! —
what's it to him anyhow?

In conclusion, 
collusion and infidelity
can not ever apply to me.
They never could and never will be.
Which would be odd. . .
if I weren't God.

№ 401: Sarah Huckabee Slanders

If had to guess

about Sarah H-S
I'd have to guess
she's in distress.

Minister's daughter,
contorts to support
grossest distortions
of bronzed Voldemort?

Who would have thought
this Christian-ess
could get herself
in this fine mess?

Her misfortune,
her unhappy portion:
she would to anything
if it ends abortion.

(On the level,
she'd sleep with the devil.)

№ 400: Fake News

Guardian: Yuval Noah Harari extract: ‘Humans are a post-truth species’

In his new book, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, the bestselling author turns his attention to the problems we face today. Here, he argues that ‘fake news’ is much older than Facebook

Homo sapiens conquered this planet thanks above all to the unique human ability to create and spread fictions. We are the only mammals that can cooperate with numerous strangers because only we can invent fictional stories, spread them around, and convince millions of others to believe in them. 

There's no blaming Trump

for this human accomp-

lishment: believing whatever we please.

Reading our history most clearly shows

it is our species' defining disease.

Some lies are brand new, some are so old

that they no longer need to be told.

Can a new thing be true? 

Probably not.

When we're shown “proof”,

we answer, “So what?”

(Everything's true, everything's false.

There is no diff betwixt foxtrot and waltz.)

STILL. . .it is “true” —

believe what you will —

some things are true-ish,

others pig swill.

It may depend,

in the short run,

on who is the victim

and who's got the gun.

Although it may

make wussies wince

bullets have often

been known to convince.

№ 399: Drifting Along With The Trumpoline Trump Machine (if you get my grift)

Forbes: New Details About Wilbur Ross’ Business Point To Pattern Of Grifting

It is difficult to imagine the possibility that a man like Ross, who Forbes estimates is worth some $700 million, might steal a few million from one of his business partners. Unless you have heard enough stories about Ross.

According to Forbes, Wilbur Ross is a crook.

Is he that good that he snookered Donald?

Did Trump appoint this bro' fake billionaire —

who's even older and who has less hair —

only because he needed a guy to teach him to lie

to the Senate, the voters and the FBI,

who knows how to hide things in nooks

and is an expert on juggling the books?

Was Wilbur's appeal that he knows how to steal

from friends and strangers and partners?

I have to say, “No! Let the record show

next to Trump, Wilbur's a kindergärtner.”

This article's bound to make Democrats drool

because it's from 

№ 398: Gods And Demi-gods

Don't confuse Donald with Jesus.

Jesus, you know, had his flaws —

hanging with whores and lepers,

flagrantly flouting Rome's laws.

Jesus, we're told, did not worship gold —

though he probably never paid taxes.

Was he as fair? Did he have better hair?

Was his skin as glossy as wax is?

Jesus, of course, was crucified —

hung on the cross until he died.

And he was not a woman abuser.

Donald would probably call him “a loser”.

Relevant reprint:
Thursday, August 17, 2017
No. CXXXIII.i: EXTRA! Nonsense On Pedestals

To “celebrate history” it would be absurd
to put up a statue of King George the Third.
One simple fact, there is no debate here:
Confederate statues celebrate traitors.
Yes, it's our history, but come on now, Donald.
Do you see statues of Benedict Arnold?
(Never examined in these discourses:
why Southerners worship dead losers on horses.)
And, however hard you may sleuth,
even Dixie lacks statues of John Wilkes Booth.

The Week In Rearview (August 12, 2018)

Monday, August 6
№ 393: Getting God Marx
I have zero respect for Marxists
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Tuesday, August 7
№ 394: There He Goes. . .Again!
BBC News: Trump admits son met Russian for information on opponent
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Wednesday, August 8
№ 395: A Trump Missile Any
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Thursday, August 9
№ 396: RIP'd From The Headlines?
Welcome to Donald's Trumpocracy.
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Friday, August 10
№ 397: White Plight: a crime example
What's wrong with insider trading?
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