I see Prince Maybelline, putative Heir to the Golden Escalator, has managed a rare double in the 2026 Foreign Policy World Series, failing to end a war and queer an election.
Sucks to be him. If there’s ever a Marvel movie about this administration, and there shouldn’t be, I figure Johnny Depp plays the prince in full Jack Sparrow makeup. Stellan Skarsgård will of course bring his Baron Vladimir Harkonnen chops to the role of Addled Shitler, but with an overlay of Evil Otis Campbell from the Bizarro World version of “The Andy Griffith Show.”
And now Shitler is beefing with the pope? He’s a huge fat bastard for sure, but I don’t think he can make the weight for that bout, no matter how many Unhappy Meals he inhales between fat rails of Adderall.
Mad Blog Media 
Doing what Putin wants and market manipulation at the same time. What could be easier? High rollers get richer, Putin can buy more shit to throw at Ukraine, Imayahoo can continue his ethnic cleansing of the holey land, and the family business makes big money. Oh, the pope can go pound sand up his ass. What’s not to like? Besides, nobody’s doing shit to stop it. BOHICA fellow citizens. Behold America’s god.
When the elevator to Hell stops falling, let me know. I am currently cowering under my desk and kissing my ass goodbye as I did in first grade in 1960., The crazy mofos are running the country like an insane asylum. The republicans are showing no class, no courage or outrage over the antics of He who shall not be named. They will wail and moan and bitch when their worthless asses are kicked to the curb in November. Should the country last that long, and the orange blob not try to suspend the elections? Damn, I am as scared as when the draft lottery took place back in the 70’s. No way to live in retirement.,
At this point all our enemies must be recalling their deep-cover sleeper agents.
“Screw it, guys, come on home. These silly shits are overthrowing themselves.”
It gets worse. Now the asshole uses AI to make a “I’m Jesus” picture and puts it on his bullshit social media. Then his religious supporters get their undies in a twist, and he takes it down. I’d like to know what AI prompt he used to make it. I’m better than Jesus was probably one. He was too liberal and poor to be a winner was another.
President Doctor Jesus H(itler) Christ.
It just doesn’t get any better than this.
I luv it when you get pist!
Ho, ho. If you think I’m pist, have a gander at John Cole, one of the bloggers I read over at Balloon-Juice.
Speaking of AI, I think you missed an opportunity for AI education. Your prose is wonderful, Mr. O’Grady (sorry for using Mr.) but as a picture-thousand words thing, I feel you could put your words into some AI filter and get a few funny images out that go with what you write. It would look funny and poke fun at the orange thing and his side-monkey at the same time. AND it would make me laugh, for a second time in the same article. After all, if tRump can do it so can you. Okay, tRump gets someone else to do it but you know what I mean.
Man, I just can’t go the AI route. It feels like training the HAL 9000 to lock me out of the pod bay.
I should force myself back to cartooning, which might yield that funny image. Hope springs eternal, they tell me. But you know how they are.
While I wait for that ol’ dog to start hunting again I take snaps (can’t call ’em photos, I’m not a photographer) and occasionally cobble together some sort of collage out of found images/objects using Apple’s Preview (trying to stick to simple, free Apple software).
Whether I draw or snap/collage I’m compelled to (a) have an idea and then (2) find some way to get it out of my head and onto the blog. Sort of a twofer for the old creative muscles. Old school, but I’m an old student.
Obviously, I have a broad array of virtual assistants — iPhone, MacBook Pro, ancient Epson flatbed scanner, Preview, WordPress, the Innertubes — so perhaps I’m just splitting hairs by shunning AI. What I should do is launch a ’zine. Type it out using an actual typewriter, draw cartoons, make copies, nail a few to trees, fences, telephone poles, mail others to subscribers (a small fee would apply). Reply via my P.O. box, DuckBurg, NM, etc.
We’d sacrifice a little timeliness, true, but it would be worth it to strangle AI while it’s still in the crib.
Forward, into the past!
I’m with you Patrick. I think AI has wonderful uses in narrow applications such assisting radiologists evaluate imaging by x-ray, MRI, or other imaging technology. But using it in creating or assisting in writing or other arts creates shit that is instantly recognizable as AI. Large language models such as Chat GBT and the others are a stage 4 metastatic penis cancer on civilization. Maybe that’s why cheeto jesus wants to euthanize ii, heh?
I understand your reticence, but I was viewing it as a humorous and more appropriate reply to the orange thing’s own use of AI. Of course, you can view this image, obviously not AI and funny too that is a reply to tRump’s use:
https://www.wonkette.com/p/trump-beelyon-dollar-epstein-birthday
Which itself might be noting Mr. Kimmel’s recognition that the “healed” person in the “original” AI image bears a striking resemblance to one Mr. (I use the term loosely) Epstein.
You are right. The use of AI to create tasteless, provocative, and stupid images would be a good thing to do to cheeto jesus. But, I doubt he reads Patrick’s blog. But, he probably has ordered the NSA to use AI to vacuum up content that makes fun of him, so he can lock up those folks in an ICE warehouse in Texas.
AI and crypto currency are two things guaranteed to get me on my soapbox. Apologies, mi amigo.
Wonkette’s image looks more like he Photoshopped dumpster’s insanity.
Been an interesting week, I guess. Got home Friday evening from a trip to see the family in Buffalo. Someone on that goddamn plane had the flu. How do you think I figured that out?
Eeeeyeewwww. One of the many reasons I refuse to fly. Nothing like getting shoehorned into a seat suitable for an anorexic middle-schooler next to a chatty petri dish.
Oh how I don’t miss flying every month and sometimes more often. Will be flying in June however and dreading it biggly
Just the worst. Like getting a root canal from the Joker while on hold with Samsung customer service.
Right up there with listening to cheeto jesus ramble and lie.