I once had a job in which the staffers liked to say that we all had a timeshare on the doghouse. We called it “the Pomeranian palace,” which lent – as Jane Austen might’ve observed – such an elegance to our misery, for no matter how talented you were or how much you worked, eventually the wheel turned to you, because that was the way our bosses rolled.
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Banner for Novak Djokovic at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center proclaiming his 2015 US Open championship. This year’s winner, Djokovic found himself caught up in the Serena Williams-Carlos Ramos controversy at the Open, like everyone else. Photograph by the author.
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From left to right: Michael Cohen, President Donald J. Trump and Michael Cohen as they appeared on money.cnn.com.
All the president's (hench)men
It’s hard to tell which movie we’re watching nowadays. Is it “All the President’s Men,” with some speaking of President Donald J. Trumpet as an “unindicted co-conspirator,” implicated by former personal lawyer Michael Cohen in payoffs to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal to influence the election? Is it “The Godfather,” with Donnie Two Scoops speaking of former campaign manager Paul “Paulie Smart Suits” Manafort as if he were a loyal capo (as opposed to that weasel Cohen)?
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Caption: A typically low-key Veterans Day Parade in the U.S. of A., this one in Baltimore in 2016. Photograph by Elvert Barnes.
Before his parade passes by
Cue Babs Streisand and all the other great Dollys going back to Carol Channing.
Or perhaps a song from another Streisand musical would be more appropriate.
President Donald J. Trumpet has been forced to cancel a parade for himself, er, veterans due to costs that have been estimated to run as high as $92 million….
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Caption: Omarosa Manigault Newman plugging her Trump tell-all on “Today.” Photograph by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez for Getty Images.
Trump, Omarosa and race
Some members of the San Francisco 49ers kneeling during "The Star-Spangled Banner" before a game against the Washington Redskins at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland on Oct. 15, 2017. Photograph by Keith Allison.
Talking 'Turkey' about NFL protests
Wildfires still burning out of control in California. Some border babies still not reunited with their parents. Markets reeling from Turkey’s plummeting economy, pushed further down by Trumpian tariffs.
But thank God President Donald J. Trumpet has made us safe from kneeling NFL players….
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