An irony of fate

 More than three weeks until his inauguration, Trump has already achieved one of his goals -- making NATO countries spend more money on defense.  One NATO country anyway.  Defense minister Troels Lund Poulsen announced that Denmark has increased its budget for the defense of Greenland by $1.5 billion.  In addition to airport upgrades and enlarged staffing for Arctic Command, Greenland will get two long-range drones, two new inspection ships and (I love this) two extra dog sled teams.  Poulsen called the timing "an irony of fate," but I think we all know better.  Trump should now threaten Monaco, which spends virtually nothing on defense.  How much is Prince Albert willing to invest to keep him from taking over and bankrupting all thirteen of the principality's casinos?

Here's some happy talk for the new year:  "Even if there's only a five percent chance of a bird flu pandemic happening, we're talking about a pandemic that probably looks like 2020 or worse," Tom Peacock of the Pirbright Institute in the UK told PBS.  The fear is that the virus will mutate into a form easily transmissible by humans, not just the idiots who drink raw milk.  Angela Rasmussen of the University of Saskatchewan was more succinct:  "We are screwed."

Speaking of idiots, MAGAs who took part in circulating Musk's "free speech" petition are still waiting to be paid.  Also, they accuse him of overcharging for Starlink.  In the circumstances you can't fault the co-president for calling Americans "retarded."

The State Department no longer has a department dedicated to countering foreign propaganda after the Global Engagement Center shut down on Monday.  Guess what proprietor of a social media platform didn't like it.  He also didn't like Laura Loomer's accusations of corruption, so the putative fourth Mrs. T is experiencing free speech, apartheid-style (no blue check).  It's hard to pick a side on this one.

After years of hand-holding, Ainsley Earhardt and Sean Hannity can finally take it to the next level once they marry.  (Since they say they were brought together by their love of God, I assume nothing nasty has occurred in the last five years.)  It's a hat trick for Earhardt -- her first two husbands didn't love God enough.  Like a Lifetime movie set in Berchtesgaden in the 1930s.

Wayne Gretzky -- "The Great One as he is known in Ice Hockey circles" -- is right to ignore Trump's suggestion that he run for prime minister of Canada.  Trump thinks you "run" because he doesn't understand the parliamentary system.  Nor can he name any other Canadian.


Mrs. Betty Bowers is a national treasure.

Bird flu, chicken culls, Costco salmonella recalls -- do you think any of this raises the price of eggs, which is apparently now the NASDAQ of MAGA?


I cautiously wish a happy new year to my fellow Radical Left Lunatics.  See you on the other side.







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