This Carbon Based Life

By David Glenn Cox

The world has turned upside down. The dream weavers dream as the shuttle moves freely. The free marketeers crying, let the markets work! Keep big govment out of our markets! Donald Trump’s turgid tariffs smashed, and the markets rose. In a Trump tantrum, new tariffs are quickly enacted, and the markets fall. Trump says the Supreme Court is hurting America, but ah. The proof is in the pudding. They had to quickly impose new tariffs to stifle the calls for refunds.

The courts are wrong? The markets are wrong? Two-thirds of Americans say they don’t like Trump’s tariffs. I guess everyone is wrong, except for you know who. But, but, but without the tariffs, what will cover the hole in the Treasury blown open by the huge tax cuts for the wealthy? The mask slips as Donald Trump is no more a conservative or a Republican than my Aunt Fanny! He’s a parasite and a robber. (Not to mention all of the other issues)

International trade thrown into turmoil…again. It’s like déjà vu all over again. Quick, someone give Trump a fake award so he will calm down and behave. 100,000 truckers lost their jobs last year. Has there been some breakthrough in logistics that I haven’t heard about? Helicopters or drones delivering the freight now? UPS is laying off 30,000 workers and closing eleven centers. Amazon laying off 26,000. These things speak for themselves. Trucking companies lay off workers because there is less freight to haul. Despite the claims of a roaring economy, pink slips speak louder than words.

You know, it’s not that I object to being lied to on a regular basis. It’s just as frauds and empty suits go; I expect much better. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is probably one of the worst liars I’ve ever heard. Don’t confuse the issue with facts. CNN’s Dana Bash asked Basement about tariff refunds, and Basement claimed the Supreme Court didn’t say anything about refunds. Bash had walked him out onto the killing floor and then dropped the hammer on him. Noting that the Justice Department had said if the tariffs were declared illegal, they would have to issue refunds. Basement stammered answering, he didn’t want to get in front of the administration. In a room full of card cheats and fraudsters, Bessent is the worst.

The disappearing Donald. Where is he? Since blowing a gasket and popping a fuse on Friday. Donald has dropped from sight. (Weekend at Bernie’s?) The Administration cranks up the war cries against Iran. Because, of course, if a nation doesn’t do exactly what the United States wants. The correct course of action is a military attack. Allegedly, Trump claimed on Twuth Social that he was sending the hospital ships Mercy and Comfort to Greenland. Only one problem: both ships are in dry dock undergoing maintenance. It must have been one of Trump’s underlings or lackeys posting in his name again in the middle of the night.

The skies over El Paso, Texas, will be closed for the next ten days. No, wait! Ten hours. No, wait! Never mind. The TSA Precheck line is closed effective immediately, due to the government shutdown. No, wait! No, it’s not! Just try to imagine the incompetence they do manage to cover up. See, the Defense Department was experimenting with using lasers to shoot down drug cartel drones. Yes, the Defense Department is fighting the war on drugs. No, wait, not drug drones, but just weapons testing. No, wait! The Defense Department just forgot to tell the FAA about the lasers. And Scott Bessent is even worse at lying than that!

No problem, just a city’s air traffic into turmoil. Airlines with hundreds of millions of dollars in aircraft and crews stranded. Schedules blown wide open. Oh, wait, never mind! As you were. Greenland says, Thanks but no thanks, to the hospital ships the administration is not really sending. Reminding the administration, Greenland has socialized medicine. So, why did they say that? Was it just your run-of-the-mill incompetence or something more sinister?

Are ethnic Germans being mistreated in the Sudetenland again? Generating a crisis out of thin air? But the whole affair borders on goofy. Do you have to be real smart to get a job in the Trump administration? It sounds like an idea they kicked around and discarded, and someone thought it was approved and issued the statement. Step one. Are the hospital ships even available? (yes) (no)?

Barack Obama recently said that aliens are real. So, Donnie says he’s going to release all the information the government has on aliens. But first, he said Obama is giving out classified information he’s about to release anyway. Gullibility TEST QUESTION: Will Donald Trump actually release all the information on aliens? (Yes) (No)?

An administration permanently stuck in damage control mode. An administration which doesn’t know its left from its right or up from down. An administration which always speaks before putting its brain in gear. Gold up, Bitcoin down below 65,000. Less than half the value of six months ago. A roaring economy! With a collapse in trucking. The largest internet retailer on the planet is laying off thousands of workers in a roaring economy. The largest package delivery service in the country is laying off thousands and closing distribution centers because time’s are great!

The domestic economy is stagnant and dying. International commerce is in pandemonium. Generic Congressional ballot, Democrats 56% and Republicans 43%. Fox News says, “I guess we have some work to do!” Whoops! No, wait, I mean, they, them, the Republicans, have some work to do. Paging Dr. Freud! Paging Dr. Freud! Slip on aisle three!

The spate of Floriduh despite a real estate collapse, tourism decline and insurance disaster. Has voted overwhelmingly to waste money by renaming Palm Beach International Airport to the Donald J. Trump International Airport. It’s only 5.5 million dollars, so no biggie. Just 48 hours after the president’s marketing team had copyrighted the name “Donald J. Trump International Airport.” Just a coincidence, I guess. Just how money-grubbing can you get?

Andrew is arrested, the former Prime Minister of Norway facing Epstein- related charges. The former South Korean president was sentenced to life in prison. Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison. Is something making you nervous, Donald? Something about a trail of breadcrumbs? Something about a slow drumbeat? Something about the room closing in?

Texas home builder warns; “South Texas will never be Red again!” New swing states of the week! Ohio, Texas, Nebraska, and Iowa.

Trump tells business leaders his administration hasn’t done a good job of telling Americans what a good job they’ve been doing! The dream weavers weave!  

“The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. “One word of truth outweighs the world.”  ― Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn