And so we’re back. It’s 24 years on. Almost 10% in the life of our relatively young republic, almost 40% of my own life, since that fateful day (it was a Tuesday, and quite sunny, not unlike today in downtown N.Y.C., where I sit a few hundred yards from the WTC, as I did on the day itself; but I digress).
Given how traumatic 2024 was in Stately Dog Manor (I am pleased to report that the Loquacious Pup appears to have come through with a good recovery from her extremely unpleasant illness and has resumed her studies in graduate school), I have very little to say about 2025. Political violence, including but certainly not limited to the improper use of federal military personnel on the streets of American cities, has now been normalized, as has the use of “executive orders” at odds with statutes and the constitution, all while a supposed “opposition party” appears to have disappeared. The murder of a [Republican] political troll is an occasion for national lowering of flags to half mast, unlike the murder of [Democratic] lawmakers and legislative leaders.
I’ll just bottom line it. Here in my home town, it looks like we are pluralistic and open minded enough to soon elect a 33 year old progressive mayor of Muslim descent. Fuck off, bin Laden: you can’t defeat us here in NYC. BUT… the US of A for its part decided to “elect” a 79 year old orange racist troll, who is exploiting structural weaknesses in our system (including a pretty much hopelessly corrupt Supreme Court largely of his own appointment and an incredible disappearing Democratic “opposition”), and is pretty much on track to destroy our constitutional order in record time– certainly well within the four year term of “47” (assuming he doesn’t finagle some way not to leave, or of course, if his term is shortened by the Grim Reaper, who our nation turns its lonely eyes to you… wo wo wo.) So, given that 9-11 pretty much set up the “war on terror” bullshit (Dept of Homeland Security FFS) that is the foundation of the Orange Troll’s authoritarian state in waiting, I’d have to give the nod to OBL after all.
Looks like you won, Motherfucker.
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