They’re Coming . . .

. . . in five days! Aren’t you super excited? Executive Orders will be raining down on the nation; posts and tweets will be clogging the Internet; immigrants will be thrown willy-nilly over the border; interviews galore as the corrupt media interprets, misinterprets and “analyzes?”; Panama Canal, Greenland and Canada: they’re coming for you; International Organizations will be marginalized and trashed even more than they have been already; World Politicians and Leaders will still be holding their breath! Drama and more drama will be the plat du jour non-stop for the coming four years! The now Overt Marriage between the Oligarchs, the Military Industrial Complex and our Corrupt Bribable Politicians, especially those cold war fossilized ones with the “I see an enemy behind every bush” are now in vogue and in power! Don’t believe me. Read My Hero, Bernie Sanders book: “It’s OK To Be Angry About Capitalism” (and I’m only half way through!) and you will realize this truth and so many others, as well as that Both Parties: Democrats and Republicans alike are, and have been for a long time, in bed with the Oligarchs and the Military Industrial Complex. Four years of Genocide Joe have proven that beyond any doubt! Will Trump go along with them, or, as he has stated with all his usual braggadocio that he doesn’t want any War and that he will stop all Wars on Day One? Remains to be seen, right? However, it might be choreographed/staged for him as most of our wars have been with lies, deceit and propaganda woven into the narrative of why we must go to war, or else? Possible! I am pretty sure though that he will push for a halt in the Ukraine/Russia War. Will he succeed? Remains to be seen. He has also stated that if the hostages are not released by the time he is sworn in: “all hell will break loose in the Middle East.” Quite a few possibilities on that one, right? Today, Monday January 13, and as I write this, it seems that a Ceasefire Deal is closer than it has been since the beginning of this Genocide. We’ll see. However, whatever happens with that elusive Ceasefire Trump will nevertheless subcontract the Middle East to his buddy Netanyahu and have him do Whatever The Hell He Wants as he has been licensed to do forever! After all, almost all of Trump’s entire cabinet and advisors are more pro-Israeli than any other Presidential Entourage to date. And, while the racist, bigoted corporate media schmucks have stopped even mentioning Gaza and the West Bank recently there are 50 to 100 Humans being massacred there Every Single Day! I am not able to read the tea leaves on this Miserable Region at this point! However, I have not one illusion about the future for us Palestinians. I am simply only sorrowful and infuriated!

As for Climate Change? Fires in California? Floods, Hurricanes, Earthquakes? Millions will be uprooted, rendered homeless and penniless? Trump’s Administration will not worry about that! They have more important things to think of such as enacting their ultra-conservative agenda. (A good place to start for Elon and Vivek would be going after Medicare and Medicaid Fraud. Billions could be saved right there!) Moreover, the Oligarchs and Billionaires have bunkers, multiple fully-equipped homes to which they can fly to on their private jets at a moment’s notice, and plans to conquer outer space, as well as their penultimate goal of finding that elusive “Fountain Of Youth” which will presumably be prolonging their lives forever and a day, and which they believe that AI (Artificial Intelligence) can help them achieve? So the rest of us just have to lump whatever climate, Trumpisms or other disasters come our way! Get it? Do they understand that there is no Today, or Tomorrow were it not that there was Yesterday? Although, maybe they have a point about that because looking into history is painful since we have learned nothing from it. To the contrary we continue to repeat and magnify its horrors. Unless! Unless there is a Global World Event that might wake us all up? I have no idea! I don’t think anyone does at this point!

Genocide Joe gave his Foreign Policy Address at the State Department on Monday, January 13 where Worthless Blinken gave the opening remarks. Biden was highlighting his achievements and Whitewashing his Legacy regarding Ukraine and Palestine. However, there is No Ceasefire and No Amount of Whitewashing that he can ever do which will stem the Red Color of Palestinian Blood oozing out and tarnishing that Unforgivable Legacy. Not if he makes a hundred speeches, or gives a hundred justifications, or a hundred explanations! For me, he will Always be right there at the very bottom of the Presidential List, along with Dubya and his Criminal Posse!

Anyway, does all of the above prompt you to go back to bed, get under the covers and hide there until it all blows over, although you might be there for several years yet? Or, do you want to hide your head in the sand and stick to your cocoon and not think of anything else? It might be easier to do that than to be constantly fretting, anxious and depressed. However, as the fires in California have proven, there is no cocoon for us ordinary humans. Our lives can be upturned in one nano second! My humble advice? Remain as Hopeful and as Upbeat as you possibly can!

Finally: RIP Jimmy Carter! Sad that you received so much attention and acknowledgement for all your achievements after you passed from a Nation that purposefully ignored and disregarded you, your accomplishments and your incredible life while you were still amongst us. We should be very ashamed of ourselves for this! Nevertheless Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Jimmy Carter will remain for me the Two Best Presidents that this Nation has ever had. Important to note that both of these terrific Men were married to Amazing Women! Respect!