The New Coffee Room

You never know what’s buried under the snow.

If a mere two dozed elected GOP officials grew spines, we could put a stop to this. That’s all it would take.

I think that’s made up. Goebbels had more class than that.

Also he’s the chairman. Personally. It survives his presidency. And only he can name the successor.

Still doesn’t work. Money the US receives has to go to the treasury and be spent by Congress. There is no constitutional provision for a presidential slush account funded by plunder.

And he’d never get the votes for that in Congress.

Thursday I got a message from Bootsy saying he had an extra ticket to the NY Phil.

We saw Yefim Bronfman playing the Schumann concerto and Tchaikovsky’s second symphony.

Excellent seats, 6th row just left of center. Here’s a picture of them placing the piano.

Two great performances.

Imagine arguing with a straight face that Congress seriously intended to give the president the power to impose "emergency" tariffs on imports from US treaty allies so he could forcibly acquire the territory of one of those allies.

For fuck sake, scotus, end this next week.