Julie, GREAT Point/Counterpoint (are you even old enough to remember that on 60 Minutes) on NJ.com. While I'm still not convinced that we are in the midst of a "constitutional crisis," you correctly point out the potential problems. As for SCOuts precipitating this with that ruling, I doubt it made much difference to tRump. He has a long history of doing what he wants and relying on the inept judicial system to grind along indefinitely.
BTW, your mention of Robespierre is very interesting, given his ultimate disposition. While we in the US haven't (yet) resorted to that drastic a response for poor leadership, a similar result could be building in the courts and in what is now quiet--but undoubtedly building--congressional opposition. Yes, there will be elections in 2026, and unless the D's are hopeless inept, that should provide the legislative restraint for the final two years of the Reign..Speaking if inept D's, should NJ nominate the NJEA terrorist for governor...all bets are off for 2026!
I found Trump standing in front of a big table of grocery products during his campaign galling. I highly doubt he’s ever pushed a cart in a grocery store and I’m certain he wouldn’t be wondering if he could afford anything other than store brand products had he. It’s not like prices were great under Biden either but only the stupid could have believed that with a snap of Trump’s fingers their Wheaties would go down in price. That was before he put the idiotic tariffs in place. Wait until Christmas rolls around and parents are trying to buy toys for their kids. Very few toys aren’t made in China. It was expensive even with those products being readily available. Now it’s going to cost a damn fortune. Of course Trump and Musk with his dozen kids won’t have such worries nor will any of the other fat cats he’s making richer while the rest of us get screwed. My wish for them is to be sentenced to a month of living the way most Americans do and we’ll see how much they enjoy scrimping and going without.
Happy Easter, Julie. I'm also infuriated about that shit show in the Oval with that gangster cosplaying as President of El Salvador. Karma is a stone cold bitch and it's coming for the lot of them.
Happy Easter Julie... You mention Switzerland, where I live... People can check the intensity of a crisis by the dollar/Swiss franc exchange rate. For one of my major projects, I get paid in dollars, and several of my clients are in Europe (political Europe, of course, for those who don't know, Switzerland is NOT in the EU).
Why do people invest in Switzerland? Precisely for the reason they are fleeing the USA: They want safety for their cash and that is guaranteed by a very stable political system. I should write about this, but have little time right now to inform my 26 followers... Swiss politics are amazingly stable. Not bad for a small nation with 4 national languages, 26 cantons, with three levels of federalism. And 8.5 million people, many foreigners, BTW...
And no matter how many jokes they make on each others' states (cantons), they stick together on some matters, like national unity. Watching the USA fall apart like a boiled Hollandaise is really quite sad... The old shibboleth "This is not who we are" is beginning to really sound deficient in light of the current dictatorship.
If Americans could look beyond their borders occasionally instead of navel-gazing, they could actually learn how to do some things better.
https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2025/04/21/editorial-cartoons-monday-times-wire-services/#:~:text=ADVERTISEMENT-,Cartoon%20%5B%C2%A0Creators%C2%A0%5D,-Cartoon%20%5B%C2%A0Creators%C2%A0%5D
I had expected this column to be about trump selling the right to participate in the easter festivities to his business bootlickers.
They were going to award the contract to some Chinese company...but they had a whole new take on "egg roll"!
Good one. I hope they served duck sauce.
Given the current occupant of the White House, more like Duck Soup.
"Hail! Hail! America!"
Julie, GREAT Point/Counterpoint (are you even old enough to remember that on 60 Minutes) on NJ.com. While I'm still not convinced that we are in the midst of a "constitutional crisis," you correctly point out the potential problems. As for SCOuts precipitating this with that ruling, I doubt it made much difference to tRump. He has a long history of doing what he wants and relying on the inept judicial system to grind along indefinitely.
BTW, your mention of Robespierre is very interesting, given his ultimate disposition. While we in the US haven't (yet) resorted to that drastic a response for poor leadership, a similar result could be building in the courts and in what is now quiet--but undoubtedly building--congressional opposition. Yes, there will be elections in 2026, and unless the D's are hopeless inept, that should provide the legislative restraint for the final two years of the Reign..Speaking if inept D's, should NJ nominate the NJEA terrorist for governor...all bets are off for 2026!
I found Trump standing in front of a big table of grocery products during his campaign galling. I highly doubt he’s ever pushed a cart in a grocery store and I’m certain he wouldn’t be wondering if he could afford anything other than store brand products had he. It’s not like prices were great under Biden either but only the stupid could have believed that with a snap of Trump’s fingers their Wheaties would go down in price. That was before he put the idiotic tariffs in place. Wait until Christmas rolls around and parents are trying to buy toys for their kids. Very few toys aren’t made in China. It was expensive even with those products being readily available. Now it’s going to cost a damn fortune. Of course Trump and Musk with his dozen kids won’t have such worries nor will any of the other fat cats he’s making richer while the rest of us get screwed. My wish for them is to be sentenced to a month of living the way most Americans do and we’ll see how much they enjoy scrimping and going without.
Happy Easter, Julie. I'm also infuriated about that shit show in the Oval with that gangster cosplaying as President of El Salvador. Karma is a stone cold bitch and it's coming for the lot of them.
Happy Easter Julie... You mention Switzerland, where I live... People can check the intensity of a crisis by the dollar/Swiss franc exchange rate. For one of my major projects, I get paid in dollars, and several of my clients are in Europe (political Europe, of course, for those who don't know, Switzerland is NOT in the EU).
Why do people invest in Switzerland? Precisely for the reason they are fleeing the USA: They want safety for their cash and that is guaranteed by a very stable political system. I should write about this, but have little time right now to inform my 26 followers... Swiss politics are amazingly stable. Not bad for a small nation with 4 national languages, 26 cantons, with three levels of federalism. And 8.5 million people, many foreigners, BTW...
And no matter how many jokes they make on each others' states (cantons), they stick together on some matters, like national unity. Watching the USA fall apart like a boiled Hollandaise is really quite sad... The old shibboleth "This is not who we are" is beginning to really sound deficient in light of the current dictatorship.
If Americans could look beyond their borders occasionally instead of navel-gazing, they could actually learn how to do some things better.
Regarding a previous mention of {GASP!!} self-service gas pumping:
https://www.nj.com/opinion/2025/04/i-pumped-my-own-gas-and-lived-to-tell-the-tale-sheneman-cartoon.html
I didn't know about this... It's a wonderfully written column, by the way. Because it could apply widely to other culture war issues...