The return of Hannibal Lecter

 "Has anyone ever seen Silence of the Lambs?  The late, great Hannibal Lecter.  He's a wonderful man.  He oftentimes would have a friend for dinner."  

Thanks, you're a wonderful audience.  Ladies and germs, Trump thinks The Silence of the Lambs is a comedy.  


Which is a little more disturbing than believing Lecter is real.  Or dead.

Lecter and Capone are surfacing in the septic tank of his brain more often, as he repeats the lie that other countries are emptying their prisons and insane asylums -- "a mental institution on steroids" -- into peaceful, sane America.  If a large, or even moderate, number of serial killer cannibals was roaming the streets, wouldn't someone have noticed?  Even in Texas?

Trump hires the best people and draws the best endorsements.  This time it was former footballers Ottis Anderson and Lawrence Taylor, only one of whom is on the sex offender registry.  Anderson ended his remarks with a plug for his business, Metro Exhibits.  

And did you know Jimmy Connors is happy that he's no longer the worst president?  The thinking is that he meant Jimmy Carter but who the hell knows?  

But the headliner wasn't the only comedian on display at the weekend comedy fest in Wildwood, New Jersey.  Roger Stone, still working off his pardon, posted a picture of the enormous crowd at the rally, exulting, "New Jersey is in play for Donald Trump."  Well, maybe for Rod Stewart.  The photo shows a 1994 Stewart concert in Rio de Janeiro which drew an estimated 3.5 to 4 million people.  Only Trump's execution could pull in that many excited fans.


No mountains at the Jersey shore, Rog.  Nice try, though.  Have you heard of Woodstock?

Trump loves a crowd, which is why he ordered J.D. Vance, Tommy Tuberville and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) to attend his trial and make Eric look less lonely.  Presumably Melania has said "Hell, no" in one of her several languages.  She may also be behind the decision that Barron will not, in fact, be a delegate to the Milwaukee convention.  The picture of Dad emerging from the testimony here and at the E. Jean Carroll trial can't be easy to take.  Could they trust him not to vote for Nikki Haley?

A noun, a verb and another pink slip.  John Catsimatidis, big-wallet Republican donor and owner of WABC radio, has pulled the plug on the Roodles & Ryan Show, saying he warned the demented goblin to stop spewing disinformation about the 2020 election.  This provoked another saliva-spraying outburst about how Catsimatidis is trying to keep him from "telling the truth" that over sixty courts rejected when he was peddling it four years ago.  "He began as a trailer trash little creep taking little bits with his scummy little brothers.  And now he's a world-class thief," he ranted.  No, he was talking about Joe Biden, who apparently ordered the station to shitcan him.  Don't worry, Rudolph, there's a thing called a podcast.  All the kids love them.  Giuliani posted a tweet referencing the First Amendment.  As a defrocked lawyer he should know it nowhere compels a private company to keep giving him a platform.







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