Day 1140

That swooshing noise you hear is the sound of wealth being sucked out of the world economy and destroyed.
And of Thorstien Veblen — conspicuous consumption in the age of brain rot.
“To the many investors coming into the United States and investing massive amounts of money, my policies will never change,” Donald said on his Truth Social platform. “This is a great time to get rich, richer than ever before!!!”
The Morton Morland illustration above reminds me of Mikhail’s Watching the West drawing from the early 2000s.

Indiana congresswoman Viktoria is back in the news, this time suggesting Ukraine fork over more land to Russia.

No one I know wants to give Russia anything. Unfortunately, efforts led by Donald and Ukraine’s partners to make a deal with the maniac next door have failed.
Some 38 minutes into yesterday’s Oval Office spray, Donald blurted out that he’s not happy “with all the bombing that’s going on in Ukraine.”
It’s a horrible thing. — Donald
He was silent about the part that Russia is doing all the bombing.
Z, meanwhile, said nothing in daily pep talk. Same old same old.