Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Sunday, December 28, 2025

Saturday, December 27, 2025

Numb. 1638 Bib Bother IS Watching

Ask not what can your country do for you — ask what your country can do for

ME!

Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Numb. 1635 Trompe-Class Ginormous Battleship Proposed Names

 Undated note recovered from Oval Office waste basket. Author unknown.



Monday, December 22, 2025

Saturday, December 20, 2025

Friday, December 19, 2025

Numb. 1630 Trompe's Offal Orifice Undress

The BYSTANDER did not watch. 


Guardian mentions lies.  Inflation at a 48-year high.


WSJ did not catch that.


Their guy mebbe dozed off?


Is failure to report a lie a lie?


$1776 henceforth the cost per soldier for obeying illegal orders? 


Some of the worst Roman emperors regularly used state funds to buy legionnaires' loyalty.


Or is it just the modern equivalent — what with inflation, which is, of course, going to dip once the Fed is on board — of 30 pieces of silver?


WSJ also did an editorial on GOP House members voting with Democrats to force a vote on continuing emergency ACA subsidies.


WSJ disapproved.


“Stand by your man" is what WSJ advises.


Let Donald be Donald. 


Like Ghislaine let Jeffrey be Jeffrey.


Why vote with Democrats?


Ever?


Some nonsense about constituent interests?


Balderdash.


Trompe's bizarre Caligula-like behavior? 


Predecessors portraits with his personal assessments? 


Donald being Donald. 


Warrior bonuses? 


Mebbe he read it in Roman Emperor For Dummies


East Wing? 


Need a temple to worship him. Even after he’s added to Rushmore. Who needs to go to North Nowhere. 


The Arc (DUH!) Trompe? 


His kingdom for a horse to appoint to the Senate.


Would, The BYSTANDER wonders, WSJ stand by a corporation head behaving like this?


But as Julie sings of Billy in Carousel:


“What's the use of wond'rin'

if he's good or if he's bad?

Or if you like the way he wears his [MAGA] hat?

Oh, what's the use of wond'rin'

if he's good or if he's bad?

He’s your feller and you love him—

That’s all there is to that.


Common sense may tell you

that the endin’ will be sad

and now’s the time to break and run away.

But what’s the use of wond’rin’

if the endin’ will be sad?

He’s your feller and you love him—

there’s nothin’ more to say."


And if you are a Republican, there really isn’t.

Thursday, December 18, 2025

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Monday, December 15, 2025

Numb. 1626 What's It All About, Aldous? (or Maurading Mediocracy)

The PROBLEM is GAMMAS

who think themselves ALPHAS

with which our planet’s beset.

I give you a major pretended general …

you’ve seen him on FOX …

guy name of Hegseth?


Whether it’s Marx or Alice O’Connor

(NOT the “Mrs. O’C” in Handmaid’s Tale!),

these at best! third-raters,

left back third graders,

claiming success for calamitous failures.


With DELTAS and EPISILONS,

we other GAMMAs

accept our stations,

minding our manners,

obstreperous GAMMAS

left to ALPHAS and BETAS,

knowing, full well, sooner or later

TIME upends ALPHAS and BETAS.

As Keynes said:

In the long run, we’re dead.


If you insist this matters at all,

consider the end of Neanderthals.

Sunday, December 14, 2025

Numb. 1625 Replacement Fact, Not Theory

Colorado Officials Reject Trump’s ‘Pardon’ of a Convicted Election Denier

The president’s stated intention to pardon Tina Peters, jailed for tampering with election machines in 2020, has set off a legal fight over the extent of Mr. Trump’s pardon powers. - THE NEW YORK TIMES

Friday, December 12, 2025

Numb. 1623 All In A Dazed Work

TROMPE REBRANDS DAYS OF THE WEAK


By The Disocciated Pressed 

 WASHING HANDS, Tro. 8 — Presentdent Donald J. Trompe today, noting that days of  

the week are named for pagan gods (Thursday for Thor) and more alarmingly goddesses 

(Friday for Frigg) or heavenly bodies representing even older deities (sun  and moon for

Sunday and Monday), decreed that they be changed on his "new, official,  improved, per-

fect" Trompean Calendar


  Effective effective immediately, days will be called:

    Monday - Onedi

    Tuesday - Twodi 

    Wednesday - 3D 

    Thursday - Fordi 

    Friday - Fidi

    Saturday - Pardi 

    Sunday - Don-T


  "Patronize, women, man, fiddle, tea, he," he added shyly smiling as is his wont.

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Numb. 1622 Die, Die, DEI, Die (or Thank You, Fidel)


Calibri discarded.
Hail (ugh!) Times Roman.
Vowel-ending names
are also too foreign.
(Which, as you know,
ours simply aren't.)
One pure ethnicity.
Aye, there's the nub.
Trumpet our leader.
(signed) Mark O. Rubb.

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Saturday, December 6, 2025

Friday, December 5, 2025

Thursday, December 4, 2025

Numb. 1615 New Trompean Calendar

Updated 13/8/2025 [12/11 Gregorian] to show new day names 

Trompean Perpetual Calendar

(Gregorian date shown in parenthesis)

📅 TROMPE NEW YEAR YEAR DAY (separate from Month and day-of-seek)

📅 MONTH 1 — JANUARY (Gregorian Jan 2 → Jan 29)

Don-T       Onedi        Twodi        3D        Fordi        Fidi        Pardi

 1 (Jan 2)   2 (Jan 3)    3 (Jan 4)    4 (Jan 5)    5 (Jan 6)    6 (Jan 7)    7 (Jan 8)

 8 (Jan 9)   9 (Jan10)   10 (Jan11)   11 (Jan12)   12 (Jan13)   13 (Jan14)   14 (Jan15)

15 (Jan16)  16 (Jan17)   17 (Jan18)   18 (Jan19)   19 (Jan20)   20 (Jan21)   21 (Jan22)

22 (Jan23)  23 (Jan24)   24 (Jan25)   25 (Jan26)   26 (Jan27)   27 (Jan28)   28 (Jan29)

📅 MONTH 2 — FEBRUARY (Jan 30 → Feb 26)

Don-T         Onedi        Twodi        3D        Fordi        Fidi        Pardi

 1 (Jan30)   2 (Jan31)    3 (Feb 1)    4 (Feb 2)    5 (Feb 3)    6 (Feb 4)    7 (Feb 5)

 8 (Feb 6)   9 (Feb 7)   10 (Feb 8)   11 (Feb 9)   12 (Feb10)   13 (Feb11)   14 (Feb12)

15 (Feb13)  16 (Feb14)   17 (Feb15)   18 (Feb16)   19 (Feb17)   20 (Feb18)   21 (Feb19)

22 (Feb20)  23 (Feb21)   24 (Feb22)   25 (Feb23)   26 (Feb24)   27 (Feb25)   28 (Feb26)

📅 MONTH 3 — MARCH (Feb 27 → Mar 26)

Don-T         Onedi        Twodi        3D        Fordi        Fidi        Pardi

 1 (Feb27)   2 (Feb28)    3 (Mar 1)    4 (Mar 2)    5 (Mar 3)    6 (Mar 4)    7 (Mar 5)

 8 (Mar 6)   9 (Mar 7)   10 (Mar 8)   11 (Mar 9)   12 (Mar10)   13 (Mar11)   14 (Mar12)

15 (Mar13)  16 (Mar14)   17 (Mar15)   18 (Mar16)   19 (Mar17)   20 (Mar18)   21 (Mar19)

22 (Mar20)  23 (Mar21)   24 (Mar22)   25 (Mar23)   26 (Mar24)   27 (Mar25)   28 (Mar26)

📅 MONTH 4 — APRIL (Mar 27 → Apr 23)

Don-T        Onedi        Twodi        3D        Fordi        Fidi        Pardi

 1 (Mar27)   2 (Mar28)    3 (Mar29)    4 (Mar30)    5 (Mar31)    6 (Apr 1)    7 (Apr 2)

 8 (Apr 3)   9 (Apr 4)   10 (Apr 5)   11 (Apr 6)   12 (Apr 7)   13 (Apr 8)   14 (Apr 9)

15 (Apr10)  16 (Apr11)   17 (Apr12)   18 (Apr13)   19 (Apr14)   20 (Apr15)   21 (Apr16)

22 (Apr17)  23 (Apr18)   24 (Apr19)   25 (Apr20)   26 (Apr21)   27 (Apr22)   28 (Apr23)

📅 MONTH 5 — MAY (Apr 24 → May 21)

Don-T         Onedi        Twodi        3D        Fordi        Fidi        Pardi

 1 (Apr24)   2 (Apr25)    3 (Apr26)    4 (Apr27)    5 (Apr28)    6 (Apr29)    7 (Apr30)

 8 (May 1)   9 (May 2)   10 (May 3)   11 (May 4)   12 (May 5)   13 (May 6)   14 (May 7)

15 (May 8)  16 (May 9)   17 (May10)   18 (May11)   19 (May12)   20 (May13)   21 (May14)

22 (May15)  23 (May16)   24 (May17)   25 (May18)   26 (May19)   27 (May20)   28 (May21)

📅 MONTH 6 — JUNE (May 22 → Jun 18)

Don-T         Onedi        Twodi        3D        Fordi        Fidi        Pardi

 1 (May22)   2 (May23)    3 (May24)    4 (May25)    5 (May26)    6 (May27)    7 (May28)

 8 (May29)   9 (May30)   10 (May31)   11 (Jun 1)   12 (Jun 2)   13 (Jun 3)   14 (Jun 4)

15 (Jun 5)  16 (Jun 6)   17 (Jun 7)   18 (Jun 8)   19 (Jun 9)   20 (Jun10)   21 (Jun11)

22 (Jun12)  23 (Jun13)   24 (Jun14)   25 (Jun15)   26 (Jun16)   27 (Jun17)   28 (Jun18)

📅 TROMPE LEAP YEAR MID YEAR DAY (separate from Month and day-of-seek)

📅 MONTH 7 — JULY (Jun 19 → Jul 16)

Don-T         Onedi        Twodi        3D        Fordi        Fidi        Pardi

 1 (Jun19)   2 (Jun20)    3 (Jun21)    4 (Jun22)    5 (Jun23)    6 (Jun24)    7 (Jun25)

 8 (Jun26)   9 (Jun27)   10 (Jun28)   11 (Jun29)   12 (Jun30)   13 (Jul 1)   14 (Jul 2)

15 (Jul 3)  16 (Jul 4)   17 (Jul 5)   18 (Jul 6)   19 (Jul 7)   20 (Jul 8)   21 (Jul 9)

22 (Jul10)  23 (Jul11)   24 (Jul12)   25 (Jul13)   26 (Jul14)   27 (Jul15)   28 (Jul16)

📅 MONTH 8 — AUGUST (Jul 17 → Aug 13)

Don-T         Onedi        Twodi        3D        Fordi        Fidi        Pardi

 1 (Jul17)   2 (Jul18)    3 (Jul19)    4 (Jul20)    5 (Jul21)    6 (Jul22)    7 (Jul23)

 8 (Jul24)   9 (Jul25)   10 (Jul26)   11 (Jul27)   12 (Jul28)   13 (Jul29)   14 (Jul30)

15 (Jul31)  16 (Aug 1)   17 (Aug 2)   18 (Aug 3)   19 (Aug 4)   20 (Aug 5)   21 (Aug 6)

22 (Aug 7)  23 (Aug 8)   24 (Aug 9)   25 (Aug10)   26 (Aug11)   27 (Aug12)   28 (Aug13)

📅 MONTH 9 — SEPTEMBER (Aug 14 → Sep 10)

Don-T         Onedi        Twodi        3D        Fordi        Fidi        Pardi

 1 (Aug14)   2 (Aug15)    3 (Aug16)    4 (Aug17)    5 (Aug18)    6 (Aug19)    7 (Aug20)

 8 (Aug21)   9 (Aug22)   10 (Aug23)   11 (Aug24)   12 (Aug25)   13 (Aug26)   14 (Aug27)

15 (Aug28)  16 (Aug29)   17 (Aug30)   18 (Aug31)   19 (Sep 1)   20 (Sep 2)   21 (Sep 3)

22 (Sep 4)  23 (Sep 5)   24 (Sep 6)   25 (Sep 7)   26 (Sep 8)   27 (Sep 9)   28 (Sep10)

📅 MONTH 10 — OCTOBER (Sep 11 → Oct 8)

Don-T         Onedi        Twodi        3D        Fordi        Fidi        Pardi

 1 (Sep11)   2 (Sep12)    3 (Sep13)    4 (Sep14)    5 (Sep15)    6 (Sep16)    7 (Sep17)

 8 (Sep18)   9 (Sep19)   10 (Sep20)   11 (Sep21)   12 (Sep22)   13 (Sep23)   14 (Sep24)

15 (Sep25)  16 (Sep26)   17 (Sep27)   18 (Sep28)   19 (Sep29)   20 (Sep30)   21 (Oct 1)

22 (Oct 2)  23 (Oct 3)   24 (Oct 4)   25 (Oct 5)   26 (Oct 6)   27 (Oct 7)   28 (Oct 8)

📅 MONTH 11 — NOVEMBER (Oct 9 → Nov 5)

Don-T         OOnedi        Twodi        3D        Fordi        Fidi        Pardi

 1 (Oct 9)   2 (Oct10)    3 (Oct11)    4 (Oct12)    5 (Oct13)    6 (Oct14)    7 (Oct15)

 8 (Oct16)   9 (Oct17)   10 (Oct18)   11 (Oct19)   12 (Oct20)   13 (Oct21)   14 (Oct22)

15 (Oct23)  16 (Oct24)   17 (Oct25)   18 (Oct26)   19 (Oct27)   20 (Oct28)   21 (Oct29)

22 (Oct30)  23 (Oct31)   24 (Nov 1)   25 (Nov 2)   26 (Nov 3)   27 (Nov 4)   28 (Nov 5)

📅 MONTH 12 — DECEMBER (Nov 6 → Dec 3)

Don-T         Onedi        Twodi        3D        Fordi        Fidi        Pardi

 1 (Nov 6)   2 (Nov 7)    3 (Nov 8)    4 (Nov 9)    5 (Nov10)    6 (Nov11)    7 (Nov12)

 8 (Nov13)   9 (Nov14)   10 (Nov15)   11 (Nov16)   12 (Nov17)   13 (Nov18)   14 (Nov19)

15 (Nov20)  16 (Nov21)   17 (Nov22)   18 (Nov23)   19 (Nov24)   20 (Nov25)   21 (Nov26)

22 (Nov27)  23 (Nov28)   24 (Nov29)   25 (Nov30)   26 (Dec 1)   27 (Dec 2)   28 (Dec 3)

📅 MONTH 13 — TROMPE (Dec 4 → Dec 31)

Don-T         Onedi        Twodi        3D        Fordi        Fidi        Pardi

 1 (Dec 4)   2 (Dec 5)    3 (Dec 6)    4 (Dec 7)    5 (Dec 8)    6 (Dec 9)    7 (Dec10)

 8 (Dec11)   9 (Dec12)   10 (Dec13)   11 (Dec14)   12 (Dec15)   13 (Dec16)   14 (Dec17)

15 (Dec18)  16 (Dec19)   17 (Dec20)   18 (Dec21)   19 (Dec22)   20 (Dec23)   21 (Dec24)

22 (Dec25)  23 (Dec26)   24 (Dec27)   25 (Dec28)   26 (Dec29)   27 (Dec30)   28 (Dec31)


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