Are you pumped?

 The Dow broke 40,000 today for the first time in the history of capitalism.  I can hardly contain my joy.  I don't see how things could be better, although millions of Americans still live in poverty and Joe Biden will get zero credit from the legacy media because they hate him. 

The nattering classes are beside themselves at the idea of two debates between Biden and the other guy.  Kristen Holmes (CNN) says she talked to "insiders" and "they're a little bit irked" that Biden accepted the challenge with alacrity and snark ("I hear you're free on Wednesdays").  So the Great Backing Away has begun, with Lara Trump whining that "it's rigged so heavily in Joe Biden's favor but everything always is."  (Hollywood, the music industry, the Nobel Prizes, the Eurovision Song Contest.)  Rep. Greg Murphy (R-Justsayno) says his training as a urologist tells him Biden was "jacked up on something" for the State of the Union but will falter under the hot lights.  "I don't think he can keep a concept in his brain that long," he assured Maria Bartiromo.  "Maybe we can talk offline and I'll show you something that I think proves that."  Perhaps he consulted with Dr. Hur.    

But Trump Himself already TRUTHED "The Debates can be run by the Corrupt DNC, or their Subsidiary, the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD)."  "Just tell me when, I'll be there.  'Let's get ready to Rumble!!!'"  You'd think he'd be relieved that the lucky winners were Corrupt CNN and Corrupt ABC.  It will be fun to watch him slither out of them.  The studio is too cold.  The microphone is too big.  It's Biden's fault that there's no audience for him to play to.  The lectern is too low.  Too high.  Too corrupt.  September 10 is too close to Rosh Hashanah. 

There was a telling exchange between Trump and his new playmate Hugh Hewitt which gave Hughie a chance to demonstrate how craven he is.  They were discussing the March 12, 2020, retaliation attack by Iran on a US military base (Iran assured him they would "not hurt anybody," because all countries are in awe of Trump's awesomeness).  Hewitt said his son was on that base, and Trump responded, "Well then, tell him to thank me for his life, OK?  You'll thank me for his life."  Young Hewitt was not one of the three service members who died in that attack so everything's fine.  OK?  You're welcome.

If he weren't only 28 Harrison Butker would be a dark-horse candidate for VP.  The Chiefs' kicker was the graduation speaker at someplace called Benedictine College, where he shared his view that the women waiting to collect their diplomas had wasted their time.  In fact, "diabolic lies" made them think they should have careers that did not involve cleaning, cooking and breeding.  And Pride Month is a "deadly sin," and he also has no use for his quarterback's girlfriend Taylor Swift.  It was so toxic that the NFL issued a "not our views" statement the same day.  This is why Alex Karras had such contempt for kickers.  "I break my back for fifty-nine minutes," he once said, "and some little guy in a spotless uniform comes off the bench saying, 'Now I kick a touchdown!'"  He was referring to Garo Yepremian, his Lions teammate for one season, but I like to think he would have felt the same about this guy.  

Not this guy.  Clearly, he's fine.