Military madness

Right, Imma try to get this out of my system before tomorrow. First #UnwantedIvanka and now the latest shenanigans out of the White House as Il Douche—unrestrained by congressional Repugs and lusting after a military parade ever since Bastille Day 2017—co-opts Independence Day as a “Celebration of Me-Me-Me”.

Taking over the Lincoln Memorial to stage his rally isn’t enough. He’s adding “Abram [sic] tanks” and “the new Sherman tanks” (which haven’t been in use since the 1950s); military flyovers; reserved seating for toadies and donors; and now silent but uniformed stage appearances by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to show how his military loves him.

I’m expecting Katyusha rocket launchers to be announced momentarily.

Anyway, one of my colleagues DM’d me on Monday to say he was hearing really loud music—the office is pretty close to both the National Mall and the White House. He wondered if it was prep for the rally. I immediately replied, “Is this it?”

(I hope this converts—YouTube has flagged it as being questionable.)

I was so fast, he wondered if I just have it on the web version of speed-dial. I told him, “It’s my jam.”

Well, it isn’t, really. But I’m wondering if some of the military bands dragooned into spending tomorrow performing for a Nazi rally aren’t practicing it. Just in case.