Paris Bugged by Latest Expatriate Community

Well, as discussed in my previous post, Kevin McCarthy is no longer Speaker of the US House of Representatives. As I told him: you stop being the MAGA doormat, and that’s the fastest way to do yourself out of the gig. As regular readers will recall, the other way was to continue being the MAGA… Continue reading Paris Bugged by Latest Expatriate Community

FIFA Fie Fo Fum! An Evil Giant Bumbles, Stumbles and Falls

Early this afternoon, Merdoso Donnato Pompino, representing the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, paid me a visit for a consultation. Obviously still on Naples time, he arrived twenty minutes late, and obviously a completely self-absorbed, if obviously aging jock, he nevertheless spent another ten trying to get Gretchen’s telephone number. What the hell, as far… Continue reading FIFA Fie Fo Fum! An Evil Giant Bumbles, Stumbles and Falls

Sochi Olympics – Bolshoi Bungle on the Black Sea

The Debt Ceiling Spectre again haunts Washington DC.  Suspended since October 17, 2013, it rose from the dead, like Osiris, or Jesus, if you prefer, on Friday, and promptly at noon, the United States of America was technically broke.  Thanks to various sleights of hand on the part of the Treasury Department and the Federal… Continue reading Sochi Olympics – Bolshoi Bungle on the Black Sea

North Koreans to Continue Wearing Clothes Until Further Notice

“Mr. Collins?” Gretchen softly spoke, poking her blonde head in between the oak doors leading to my office.  “Did you drop off some dry cleaning down the street and forget to tell me about it?” “No,” I replied, “my latest load went to that place on Georgetown Pike in Great Falls.” “Okay,” she shrugged, “I… Continue reading North Koreans to Continue Wearing Clothes Until Further Notice