We choked

Well, just when I thought there was hope of taking the actual, you know, moral high ground, the Obama administration and Congress display every indication of having a spinectomy.

We are not, after all, going to call a spade a spade—or genocide, genocide—when the shovelers are an alleged ally.

It really doesn’t matter what the political jellyfish do or don’t have the cojones to admit: the founders of the so-called Turkish republic used the slaughter of 1.5 million unarmed Armenian subjects of the old Ottoman Empire to build the “modern” state that we know and have no reason to trust today.

They were murderous criminals then and have—like the Nazis—repeatedly denied ever since that they did anything wrong.

It’s certainly proved to be a successful strategy, as long as those who purport to be upholders of democracy and the rule of law are willing to wink and sign another aid treaty.

As one of my all-time favorite poets said so accurately:

“a politician is an arse upon
which everyone has sat except a man”

e.e. cummings called a spade a spade.

Death and...

I've been lying low lately, all on account of taxes. I swore this year I'd get the materials to my accountant in a timely manner, setting 28 February as my deadline.

Technically I achieved that goal; I did have the blanks filled in on the paper Sunday. However, this being a 2.0 universe, I found I hadn't got access to the portal to upload all the figures.

Got the access yesterday & have everything there. Still don't know what to do with all the stuff involving the sale & purchase of real estate; really this alone is an argument for property being theft.

But I'll have it off my back in a couple of days.

One big cross-off from The List.