American Democracy 1776 – 2024

At long last, after years of campaigning, rallies and rhetoric, and after billions of dollars spent to sway the opinions of a tiny sliver of the electorate residing in seven of its fifty states, the US 2024 elections have concluded. The people have spoken, and what they said was Donald John Trump will be the… Continue reading American Democracy 1776 – 2024

Useful Idiots’ Delight

We denizens of the Washington DC metropolitan area who work inside the Beltway know quite well who Dick Cheney is. Most people in the United States, however, have at best a hazy idea of him. And certainly, there is no particular reason why the international readers of this Web log, who are legion, would know… Continue reading Useful Idiots’ Delight

Hillbilly Soliloquy

Since my last post, for the first time since World War II, Russia was invaded. Inexperienced and unwilling Russian conscripts threw down their weapons and readily surrendered as battle-hardened Ukrainian troops took ground in the western Kursk region, maneuvering behind the Russian artillery, missile and rocket resources that Putin had been using to attack “strategic… Continue reading Hillbilly Soliloquy

New York State Fine for Business Fraud, Bigly!

When the first Soviet-era tanks rolled across the border on February 24, 2022, the consensus in every world capital except Kiev was that the Russian invasion, carried on the orders of the murderous, deranged, criminal dictator Vladimir Putin, would be over in two weeks. The Ukrainians, having just recently replaced their bogus, corrupt Russian puppet… Continue reading New York State Fine for Business Fraud, Bigly!

Mene, Mene, Tekel Putin

Titianna “Suzy” Sukovski is a commerce attaché at the Russian Embassy here in Washington, specializing in foodstuffs, principally caviar, as she represents the interests of Ryva Yaytso Prodavets Zagovor, the Russian caviar exporters’ association, which funds her post and pays the invoices for her appointments with me. She has been exploring strategies to get the… Continue reading Mene, Mene, Tekel Putin