The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age

    Heckuva MAGA lately

    Trump is humiliated by the Taliban and Kim Jong Un on the same day. Who in America thinks this man’s inept leadership helps America? https://t.co/WMjhkXJ5fw

    — Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) March 2, 2020

    Makes me recall how he spent a lot of time bragging about the Afghanistan deal at the start of the press conference that was intended to be a redo of the first disastrous one on coronavirus. After each fail, always change the subject to something that hasn't even panned out yet?

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    Actually, I am thinking the Homer-Simpson-like characterization of him on Showtime's "Our Cartoon President" more than The Apprentice character, but that's probably just me.



    One does have to give to Team Trump so far that we rate higher than New Zealand:

     


    Trump says the coronavirus situation goes to show you that you never know what will happen. "Six weeks ago, eight weeks ago, you never heard of this. All of a sudden, it's got the world aflutter."

    — Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 3, 2020

     


    When you listen to Trump's understanding of the timeline for deployment of a vaccine, you realize that Trump is unable to retain information.

    https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/02/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-vaccine-push-back/index.html

    Despite being told of the interval between testing and deploying the vaccine, Trump is thinking in terms of months.

    We are screwed.


    It's possible that Fauci is mimicking "Star Trek's" Doctor Leonard McCoy.

    McCoy would always say, "I'm not a miracle worker. I can't find a cure in such a short time". Within hours, the cure would appear. 
     

    Expect a vaccine rollout next week.


    "Dammit, Jim, I'm a Malibu domiciled actor, not a space virus epidemiologist!" "Cut! Take it from the top. Stay in role, fellas."


    Taliban deal working out jus' fine: