Trump Defaces Liberty 2024?

'The decline of democracy continues apace in America,’ said Johno. ‘Despite the fact that more than fifty lawsuits by Trump that claimed the last Presidential election was fraudulent were all dismissed, can you bloody believe it, 63% of Republican Party voters still believe it to be a fact. Sadly, we live in an age where facts no longer matter. Vast swathes of people live in a delusional alternative reality, whereby if you believe it to be true, then it is. Even though we live in an an age of unprecedented access to information, as Martin Luther King, Jr said, Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

'Now Trump is poised to contest the next Presidential election, despite having been shown to have invoked insurrection, after losing the last election. So if the MAGAlomaniacs take over again, then democracy in America will be seriously threatened. Appropriately the Statue of Liberty has its back turned to Trump Tower. Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, is careering to Oppression, Inequality, and Xenophobia.’

Back on AC they had given Trump the nickname SNAP, (Sociopathic, Narcissistic, Autocratic, Populist), and referred to his Tweets and other utterances derisively as SNAPchat. Alphy reflected sadly on how it wasn’t just Trump that deserved that epithet, Sap SNAP’s were increasingly in prominent leadership positions around the world.

'Perhaps the tide is finally turning,’ said Janno. ‘Many of the Trump endorsed candidates did not win, and overall Republicans didn’t perform to expectations in last night’s mid-terms, in contrast to the forecast by most of the pundits and polls. The predicted Republican Tsunami was barely a red ripple. So despite being continuously referred to as dead man walking Joe Biden has again exceeded expectations.’

'Yes, but you can never underestimate dread man stalking’ SNAPped Alphy in response.

'Which leads us to the latest chapter in Tsar Wars. What is really happening in Ukraine?’ asked Johno. ‘Russia retreating from Kherson. Is it a trap of some sort? Vacating the landscape before the deployment of nuclear options? Or is it a classic case of deliberate ConFusion by RasPutin?

'Now the Federal Police have revealed, surprise surprise, that RasPutin is providing tacit support to the group based in Russia, responsible for our latest cyber security breach, the hacking of Medibank Private customer records.’

'There must be lots of people who have had medical episodes that they would not want to be revealed. It must be awful waiting to see if your health and other data is going to be made public,’ said Janno.

'A cyber version of Russian Roulette,’ said Alphy, ‘who is going to get the data exposé, chamber of horrors?’

Alphy never ceased to be amazed at the constant ineptitude of the Saps. Pathetic cyber security systems were one thing, but the latest surge wave of covid cases was farcical. Just two years after the Ruby Princess cruise ship initiated a major Covid outbreak in Australia, the Majestic Princess cruise ship arrives in Sydney with yet another mass outbreak of Covid onboard.

Alphy couldn’t resist making a comment. ‘I see the latest Princess Petri-Dish cruise ship has disembarked its cargo of Covid in Sydney.’

'Yes,’ said Alphy, ‘Darwinian selection at its finest. Petrified passengers, in plague proportions!’

Robert StygallNovember 29, 2022