Flushed away

Why don't we sing this song all together...

Okay, is Uncle Ken having flashbacks to the late 60s?  Not one of the Stones' best albums but still, a treat to see it mentioned.  It's so very lonely, you're two thousand light years from home.

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Unless I missed something, it's safe to say that machine politics is dead in Chicago.  The next mayor, regardless of who wins the runoff election, will be a black woman and I didn't see that coming at all.  I didn't expect the supposedly well connected and well-heeled white guys to be shut out so completely.  But as a wise man once said, "Politics ain't beanbag," and I'll have to review what the local pundits have been saying.

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No deals in Hanoi this week as Trump walks away from the table, still spinning a tale of cautious optimism.  Kim says one thing, Trump says another, and everyone shakes their heads in amazement at this display of diplomacy.

Meanwhile, Cohen continues to blab away  and whether or not he is telling the truth makes no difference to me because it's entertaining as hell, as are the responses from those on both sides of the issues.  I hope that there is documentation for the assertions being made otherwise it will be a stalemate with nothing being proven.  One guy's word against another's will get us nowhere but there are still plenty of other guys we haven't heard from yet, like Felix Sater.  He might have something interesting to say as these stories keep unfolding.

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Fake news has reached the bathroom.  There was a recent article about the threat to Canadian forests by the US demand for plush toilet paper and it is claimed that the average US consumer uses three rolls of toilet paper per week.  That number sounds insane to me; I use the cheap stuff, single-ply, and a roll easily lasts a few weeks, being used also as Kleenex and wiping up small spills and such.  I don't keep track of how much TP I buy but it's always a single roll, and not that often.  I was wondering if Mr. Beagles, with his paper mill experience all those years ago, had any industry insights about TP consumption in the US.  Jeez, if the discussion isn't about one kind of asshole it's about another kind.  What a world we live in.