Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Monday, December 29, 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!
Friday, December 26, 2025
Thursday, December 25, 2025
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Monday, December 22, 2025
Sunday, December 21, 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
Tuesday, December 16, 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 GAMMASleft 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
Saturday, December 13, 2025
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.
Vowel-ending names
are also too foreign.
(Which, as you know,
ours simply aren't.)
Aye, there's the nub.
Trumpet our leader.
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Monday, December 8, 2025
Sunday, December 7, 2025
Saturday, December 6, 2025
Friday, December 5, 2025
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Numb. 1615 New Trompean 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)
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