. The other day, in Manhattan, I noticed a remarkable proliferation of a statement welded onto gigantic steel plates used to cover holes on the street, the ones that go perplank! when a car runs over it. Here are only a few examples of it. The statement is a simple word, TRIUMPH. Nowadays, our tired … Continue reading
. As you all, I have longed to see the mugshot of the great dissembler. What I imagined was that it would be posted on billboards across the country by people who share our collective sigh, that we would see thousands of bumper stickers mocking and deriding the man we so despise. Instead he has … Continue reading
. . Trump is a unique phenomenon. To find in the archives of history a similar shady, immoral character, with a similar influence on the affairs of a nation or the world, we might have to go back a millennium or two. We might also want to leaf through Borges’ story A Universal History … Continue reading
. . Anderson Cooper was trying to do damage control for his network about the town hall event with Donald Trump two days ago. It didn’t go well. What Anderson apparently doesn’t understand (and I always thought he is a smart man!) is the psychology of the masses — that the broadcasting of an event … Continue reading
. . I’m posting a few pictures as memorabilia. It is not often that we live through a cataclysmic event of this magnitude. The faces of many insurrectionists are uncovered, as stupid demonstration of masculinity during a pandemic, but also proof of their confidence that this attack will succeed as a coup d’Etat. Much will … Continue reading
. I mean this as a time document. Years from now it will not seem possible that these things have gone on today. A bankrupt sociopath planning a fascist takeover, about to enter a debate with someone who observes the rules. Who destroys the post office in order to slow down or totally stop absentee … Continue reading
