Journalism on the level of Pravda. [Image from IWT News.]

I shall live to see the day! Flying pigs blocking out that profanity. Hallelujah! (Source: Flying Pigs on Parade: A Chicago River Folly)

Krugie-baby tells us,

"Right now, by all accounts, the child-man in chief is in a snit over the prospect of news stories that review his first 100 days and conclude that he hasn’t achieved much if anything (because he hasn’t)."

Meanwhile the rest of the world is in complete euphoria (not to mention relief) in reaction to this record of non-achievement. May it continue!

Paul Waldman -- here and here.

#SCROTUS - So-Called Ruler of the United States

America First? Do we really want to go there?

The New York Times discusses the lack of enthusiasm among performers to appear at Trump's inauguration (link). Trump pretends not to care:

Mr. Trump has maintained that he does not want A-List celebrities at his inauguration. (“I want the PEOPLE!” he tweeted in December.)

Trump wants the "PEOPLE!"? Well, maybe he should go here...

Just to reiterate the point from here and here (and it can't be reiterated enough):

I hate to be the one to say this but we're embarking on a period, maybe as long as a decade, that'll make the 60s look like the 50s.

So I was reading through an article in the Chicago Tribune titled "Chicago's AirBnB Home-sharing Rules Are 'Draconian,' Lawsuit Says" and I was wondering who in the world would be on the side of AirBnB -- who would be arguing, as the article relates, that restrictions on AirBnB are both "unconstitutional and punish responsible homeowners". Then I got to this sentence:

"Liberty Justice Center, a Chicago-based nonprofit litigation center representing the plaintiffs in the case, teamed up with a Phoenix-based think tank called the Goldwater Institute on the suit in hopes of blocking the regulations...."