Archive for November 27, 2025

Turkeys and more turkeys

November 27, 2025

Anyone else but me not give a d*mn about the NBA Cup?

Trump is taking credit. And NY Times headline: “U.S. Announces Negotiated Prices for 15 Drugs Under Medicare.

But buried lede “The negotiations were enabled by a law enacted during the Biden administration without any Republican votes.”

Wonder why Fox News viewers have warped view of world? Fox headline today under category “Joe Biden” Ex-FBI special agent explains Afghan vetting failures in wake of National Guard ambush: ‘Ticking time bomb’ But suspect’s request for amnesty was approved in 2025 – by Trump

And something else we know

The two National Guard members, from West Virginia, would not have been shot if Trump hadn’t deployed them to DC

As despite his and GOP denials, Trump’s health increasingly becomes a louder whisper even among the media, are we heading towards an imagined sequel combining Dr. Strangelove and Weekend at Bernies?

As despite his and GOP denials, Trump’s health increasingly becomes a louder whisper even among the media, are we heading towards an imagined sequel combining Dr. Strangelove and Weekend at Bernies?




Trump has announced national parks announce ‘America-first’ fees for international tourists The new $100+ price hike will affect 11 popular parks, including the Grand Canyon and Yosemite.

Foreign tourists spent $250 billion in the US in 2024.

The only question is how far the numbers will fall for 2025 and 2026 Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!


National parks announce ‘America-first’ fees for international tourists The new $100+ price hike will affect 11 popular parks, including the Grand Canyon and Yosemite.


Early in 2025 saw interview with retired Missouri Senator Roy Blunt. Hardly a liberal, but a decent man. He said, for various reasons, some of Trump’s nominees would not be confirmed. And yet, one by one, Noem, Bondi, Kennedy, Hegseth… GOP Senate genuflected before them all.

Trump ordered green-cards from 19 countries to be re-examined: Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan & Venezuela. Not on list? Saudi Arabia. Home for 15 of 9/11 hijackers


And finally, happy thanksgiving. (and belated Canadian Thankgiving to all my readers. You are the reason I write.