Archive for July 2026
The Donald J. Trump Electric Kool-Aid Tangerine-Flake American-Flag-Blue World Cup
by David Benjamin “Overturn this!” — The Belgian soccer team MADISON, Wis.—The rumor isn’t true that Gianni Infantino has sent the World Cup trophy back to the shop to super-glue a gold bas-relief of Donald Trump’s scowl over the part of the globe where the Pacific Ocean used to be. Right now, this re-design is…
Read MoreRoad rage on the Information Superhighway
by David Benjamin “Men have become the tools of their tools.” — Henry David Thoreau MADISON, Wis.—One of the banks where Hotlips and I store our money communicates with its depositors only by app. I should note that I didn’t choose to patronize this bank—called CCF. I was shunted to it when a previous bank—HSBC—experienced…
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