Witten in ink

Finger tattoos creep up the back of the hand to become a wrist bracelet, then on up the forearm onto the shoulder to become a sleeve. The long-sleeved shirt retreats to short sleeve, to muscle tee, to tank top as it desperately tries to keep pace as the sleeve tat spreads across the full back, across the chest, then down the stomach to areas best left unimagined.

A foot tat evolves into an ankle bracelet. The ankle tat climbs up the calf and onto the thigh. Long pants must then recede to ever higher shorts.

People will eventually need to stroll about nude if they are to strut their ink.

Feel the burn?

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Post says furloughed federal employees and federal employees working uncompensated for their labor should get loans.
The workers don't need to get a payday loan. The Secretary needs to get a grip.

Presidential hairstyle

If President POTUS thinks furloughed federal workers will take one of his haircuts he foisted upon his construction vendors, he may find end up losing his own scalp and political hide with it.

"What luck for rulers men do not think."

"What luck for rulers men do not think."

The Presidential hand gesture - not the gesture - the gesticulation. The attempt to heighten drama by summoning the press to the White House Situation Room instead of the Oval Office or Press Room. Angry obsessions with unrealizable goals.

It brings to mind the author: a man who reignited national pride and confidence in his disgraced country. He ended up besieged in a bunker war room while issuing delusional orders to vanquished armies in a war he'd long ago lost.

Accountability

A recent poll revealed a majority of voters favored impeaching or censoring the current White House resident. Given the wide range of alleged crimes and offenses, accountability appeared to be the unifying theme behind voter disapproval.

A more revealing poll might be their current opinion on the consequences of their votes. Would they - could they - accept the consequences of their actions and hold themselves accountable for the current state of the Union?

Special Theory of Capitol Relativity

With more and more American policy being dictated by corporate boards of directors, what relevance has the U.S. Capitol?

It has become a gentrified historic tourist attraction staffed by Congress performing re-enactments of American democratic process.

Drug American Style

Globalization pervades every aspect of American life. World-sourced parts are crafted in America to produce American commodities.

America's opioid epidemic has gone the same route. Ingredients are world-sourced to produce domestic overdoses. The finest quality raw materials can be ordered online. Customer service is first class: your money back if your shipment is intercepted by law enforcement.