A lesson in revenge for patient ex-husbands — It’s anybody’s guess whether or not Jared will someday push Ivanka down the stairs. As per custom, the Trumps instruct Americans on how to live. In a society predicated on racism and greed, the “good life” means having to step over people, sometimes over their dead bodies. Melania, please take…

Tucker Carlson wants to tell you something — Fox News celebrity Tucker Carlson swears that he would never judge anyone by the colour of their skin. Not really. Having gone on record too many times to count, Carlson accused Black Lives Matter advocates of being a ‘mob’ and pointed out that immigrants make this country ‘dirtier.’ But exceeding…

Since when were intelligence and leadership ever prerequisites for public office? — When BARBIE© hit the market in 1959, she cost $3. But don’t be fooled by the low sticker price. Adjusted for inflation, that’s $29 in 2020. Which reminds me. The SDNY has been making some threatening noises about a certain other Barbie’s inflated invoices to her Daddy’s GREAT AMERICA SUPER-PAC…

Finally something sensible from the maw of Lauren Boebert — Heck, any day would be a great day for Jeffrey Epstein’s client list to be made public. There are already more than a few versions of the list circulating on the internet but WTF, that’s what social media is for, right? My only reservation is that perhaps they should consult…

Truly a loss for humankind — I picked up this dude hitch-hiking out of Las Vegas. Of course, any sane person would have picked up one of the many thousands of lovely sex trade workers plying their wares at curbside, but no, I had to pick up the world’s dirtiest man. It isn’t the dirt that’s…

Which is your go-to? — I’m a costume drama junkie. There, I’ve said it. My current obsession is Downton Abbey, although Bridgerton clocks in at a close second. My only regret is that since offering a post-series, one-hour sequel wherein the king and queen came to visit, there are no more Downton episodes. Zilch. Nada. …

We feel your pain — Is this the message delivered by every woman foolish enough to follow you upstairs? If so, then Misogyny Central is here to help.

Lifting the lid to smell the rot — Author’s note to himself: They Worked for Franco One of the most notorious events of the post Cold War period in Europe has been the deafening silence that has existed…www.counterpunch.org Politics is a game of “pasar la pelota (passing the ball)” as Spaniards say. They should know. Their four major political parties (and a host of minor ones) are professional pelota passers but heck, that country has almost a thousand years more practice.

Limbo-ing our way through another Memorial Day — That’s my grandfather’s draft card, age 59. He arrived in America at age seven (that’s “7”), in 1889, alone in the bilge of a rusting hulk of a ship.