№ 695.1: EXTRA! Donnie In La-La Land

LALALAND (October 2)

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(with apologies to the Bee Gees)

Paper mache and border patrol
whatever I tweet in the night
Con-sti-tu-tion Rev-o-lu-tion
makes you all die of fright
however it looks laws on the books, they don't mean a thing
haven't got a crown upon my head, yet I am a king

Be real scared
I have a solution
for the Constitution
Paper mache

Paper mache and border patrol
whatever I tweet in the night
Con-sti-tu-tion Rev-o-lu-tion
makes you all die of fright
however it looks laws on the books, they don't mean a thing
haven't got a crown upon my head, yet I am a king

Be real scared
I have a solution
for the Constitution
Paper mache

All of a sudden it happens
when I do what I promised to
your government is through
Like paper mache
All of a sudden it happens, oh,
President-for-life
I treat you like a wife
Like paper mache, paper mache
Like paper mache, paper mache
Like paper mache

Paper mache and border patrol
whatever I tweet in the night
Con-sti-tu-tion Rev-o-lu-tion
makes you all die of fright
however it looks laws on the books, they don't mean a thing
La-la-la-la. La-la-la-la. La-la-la-la-la-la.
Kimmy's got the bomb if the bomb goes boom
we're all of us everywhere
Kimmy's got the bomb when the bomb goes boom
we're all of us everywhere
Kimmy's got the bomb when the bomb goes boom
we're all of us everywhere
Kimmy's got the bomb when the bomb goes boom
we're all of us everywhere
Kimmy's got the bomb when the bomb goes boom
we're all of us everywhere
Kimmy's got the bomb when the bomb goes boom
we're all of us everywhere
Kimmy's got the bomb when the bomb goes boom
we're all of us everywhere
La-la-la-la. La-la-la-la. La-la-la-la-la-la.
La-la-la-la. La-la-la-la. La-la-la-la-la-la.

No. 217.6: EXTRA! What's 2b Done?

"The Great Divide" is what David Goodhart calls it in his book The Road to Somewhere: The Populist Revolt and the Future of Politics....On one side are "Anywheres," often educated professionals in urban areas, at ease with different people and locations. On the other side are "Somewheres," less educated, often in smaller towns, whose sense of self is defined by where they're from, not what they've achieved.

The Somewheres spent years thinking, "What happened to my country?" With Brexit (and Donald Trump), they exacted revenge. Now, it's the Anywheres who are aghast, asking, "What happened to my country?"  

— Globe And Mail: Fool Britannia: The future of the U.K. has never looked so grim (Paywall)

Brexit and Trump. What's the solution?

“The Terror” after the French Revolution?
Dare anyone sleep soundly in bed
with crowds outside shouting, “Off with their head!”?
Really, now, how can we go on?
Should we hope for a missile from Kim Jong Un?