Land of Confusion

I spent the better part of yesterday coaching soccer and ranting impotently against the various ways the Trump Administration is obviously subverting our national interests and character. (Not at the same time - that might get me in trouble with my soccer club.) For the record, I will be beating the 'Bannon's the real power' horse until that nag is dead, reincarnated, and dead multiple times, so you might want to unsubscribe if that particular issue isn't dipshittery enough for you. When they come for me, please tell my family I loved them very much, and to make sure the Nazis know that the little one has blond hair and blue eyes.

In the midst of my rage-tweeting, I used 'puppet' to describe the President*, and it triggered a thirty-year old memory. The late, great British satirical puppet serial 'Spitting Image' ran from 1984 to 1996, and pulled zero punches. Most Americans remember it from the role it played in Genesis' 'Land of Confusion' video in 1986.

We're gonna need more than a puppet show to tell truth to power over the next four years, especially after the Gestapbros have Alec Baldwin killed, but we'd do far worst than to have the creators of 'Spitting Image' rev up the righteous anger machine once more for bad times' sake.