Well…. I suppose he could die before his gladness comes fully to pass. I’m pretty sure that even he realizes he’s mortal, if not precisely as mortal as those of us poor pilgrims who’ve had the misfortune to cross his path.
PedinskaDecember 23, 2025 / 6:28 pm
Oh, man, are we on the same page. Wrote this on Bluesky 5 days ago:
Pedinska In A Pear Tree
@pedinska.bsky.social
· 5d
Renaming the Kennedy Center = one more instance of this man pissing all over institutions he had nothing to do with in order to mark ‘his territory’.
Great minds think alike, yeah? As it happened I was watching “One Battle After Another” when your comment rang the incoming bell.. If you haven’t seen it yet, I gotta say it’s as good as critics are claiming it is. Strangely comforting to know that we’re not the only ones who have a clear understanding of the how of our present lunacy, even though they’re also as puzzled as we are about the why of it. Rejoicing is in order, even if it’s only for the product of those wonderful folks who once brought us Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies.
PedinskaDecember 24, 2025 / 6:56 am
Haven’t seen it yet but will put it on the watch list. We usually try to make a bit of a dent in that list during the winter when we have time and the inclination to hibernation produces momentum for binge watching that would otherwise be focused elsewhere/outdoors.
I know the feeling. My watchlist always seems to be longer than my endurance. Thing is, I used to be able to measure my stack of unwatched Netflix discs against my stack of unread books and be guilted into tackling one or the other. Now they’re both hidden away on my iPad, and I’m able to go guilt-free for weeks at a time. Anyway, dare I say “Happy New Year to You and Yours” without feeling like a Pollyanna? Yeah, I’ll chance it. 🙂
bystanderDecember 23, 2025 / 7:15 pm
What I’ve read suggests it is precisely his sense of mortality – unconscious as it may be – that sits at the root of this behavior. He is profoundly concerned about a legacy. And if he can’t garner the respect he feels he’s deserved he’ll take the contrarian position just to make a ”dent” in others. Given his need to emblazon every edifice in sight with his NIL Harold Meyerson has suggested that municipalities name water treatment facilities, sanitation departments and sewage systems after him. I’m tempted to put a sign over the toilet in the guest bathroom to suggest a direct line to Trump when you flush it.
Meyerson has the right idea—a little collective levity to dispel the gloom. In truth there’s not a lot left of Trump these days but rage, and even that’s beginning to show signs of decoherence. At some point someone or something—I’d say God if I thought there was one—is finally gonna do us the mitzvah of throwing a cloth over his cage. It’ll be then that the real fun will begin—a squabble over the succession likely to be as nasty and protracted as those following the deaths of Stalin or Mao Zedong . There may very well be blood as well, if Putin or XI decide to stick their oar in more directly than they’ve done so far. It’s not something any sane person should look forward to, but it’s definitely something that everyone should be prepared for.
PedinskaDecember 24, 2025 / 7:36 am
Given what happened at the TPUSA NaziFest and the emerging cracks between the overt versus covert factions of the party, I’d say we’re more than ankle deep in that squabble already.
Meyerson’s got a decent idea but he’s being too nice. I’d expand that to toxic waste dumps and/or cleanup sites (if, that is, the EPA still does anything with those).
I’d love to see “Donald J. Trump’s Cloaca Maxima” in big, gold letters above the entrance to the Tidal Basin Loop Trail, maybe festooned with fifty or sixty American flags. Has a nice classical resonance, no? A fitting architectural companion to the Epstein Ballroom.
PedinskaDecember 24, 2025 / 7:40 am
“Donald J. Trump’s Cloaca Maxima”
lol. The unexpected side benefit of that is that the people who think this stuff is ok don’t have enough Latin to truly understand the insult. That pleases me to no end.
PedinskaDecember 24, 2025 / 7:46 am
Thank you, William. Wishing you and yours the same.
Given where he’s started, my Magic 8 Ball says, Unlikely.
Well…. I suppose he could die before his gladness comes fully to pass. I’m pretty sure that even he realizes he’s mortal, if not precisely as mortal as those of us poor pilgrims who’ve had the misfortune to cross his path.
Oh, man, are we on the same page. Wrote this on Bluesky 5 days ago:
Pedinska In A Pear Tree
@pedinska.bsky.social
· 5d
Renaming the Kennedy Center = one more instance of this man pissing all over institutions he had nothing to do with in order to mark ‘his territory’.
Great minds think alike, yeah? As it happened I was watching “One Battle After Another” when your comment rang the incoming bell.. If you haven’t seen it yet, I gotta say it’s as good as critics are claiming it is. Strangely comforting to know that we’re not the only ones who have a clear understanding of the how of our present lunacy, even though they’re also as puzzled as we are about the why of it. Rejoicing is in order, even if it’s only for the product of those wonderful folks who once brought us Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies.
Haven’t seen it yet but will put it on the watch list. We usually try to make a bit of a dent in that list during the winter when we have time and the inclination to hibernation produces momentum for binge watching that would otherwise be focused elsewhere/outdoors.
Looney Tunes, indeed.
I know the feeling. My watchlist always seems to be longer than my endurance. Thing is, I used to be able to measure my stack of unwatched Netflix discs against my stack of unread books and be guilted into tackling one or the other. Now they’re both hidden away on my iPad, and I’m able to go guilt-free for weeks at a time. Anyway, dare I say “Happy New Year to You and Yours” without feeling like a Pollyanna? Yeah, I’ll chance it. 🙂
What I’ve read suggests it is precisely his sense of mortality – unconscious as it may be – that sits at the root of this behavior. He is profoundly concerned about a legacy. And if he can’t garner the respect he feels he’s deserved he’ll take the contrarian position just to make a ”dent” in others. Given his need to emblazon every edifice in sight with his NIL Harold Meyerson has suggested that municipalities name water treatment facilities, sanitation departments and sewage systems after him. I’m tempted to put a sign over the toilet in the guest bathroom to suggest a direct line to Trump when you flush it.
Meyerson has the right idea—a little collective levity to dispel the gloom. In truth there’s not a lot left of Trump these days but rage, and even that’s beginning to show signs of decoherence. At some point someone or something—I’d say God if I thought there was one—is finally gonna do us the mitzvah of throwing a cloth over his cage. It’ll be then that the real fun will begin—a squabble over the succession likely to be as nasty and protracted as those following the deaths of Stalin or Mao Zedong . There may very well be blood as well, if Putin or XI decide to stick their oar in more directly than they’ve done so far. It’s not something any sane person should look forward to, but it’s definitely something that everyone should be prepared for.
Given what happened at the TPUSA NaziFest and the emerging cracks between the overt versus covert factions of the party, I’d say we’re more than ankle deep in that squabble already.
Indeed.
Meyerson’s got a decent idea but he’s being too nice. I’d expand that to toxic waste dumps and/or cleanup sites (if, that is, the EPA still does anything with those).
I’d love to see “Donald J. Trump’s Cloaca Maxima” in big, gold letters above the entrance to the Tidal Basin Loop Trail, maybe festooned with fifty or sixty American flags. Has a nice classical resonance, no? A fitting architectural companion to the Epstein Ballroom.
“Donald J. Trump’s Cloaca Maxima”
lol. The unexpected side benefit of that is that the people who think this stuff is ok don’t have enough Latin to truly understand the insult. That pleases me to no end.
Thank you, William. Wishing you and yours the same.