SHORT SHOTS

Short Shots is not all about Kim Jong-un, as you might suspect.  Every now and then, there is so much in the news to chew on that I put together a post containing a whole gamut of incredible, sarcastic wit.  

The question on everyone's mind is, of course, what North Korea's midget-in-charge thinks about Trump and the United States today.  And what do you suppose China's president Xi is going to have to say to the midget after spending a night with the Trumps while the Syrian attack took place?  Well, I do understand that they just ordered a few extra rolls of toilet paper to the royal palace in Pyongyang. 

As for Assad, he seems to be one ticked-off dictator.  Word has it that he was on the landline complaining and whining to his Uncle Vladimir about the audacity of Trump.   Once he heard that Uncle Vlad had advance warning of the attack and didn't say anything, Assad must have really been hopping mad.  The amazing thing here is that Assad's chemical stockpiles had been removed from Syria altogether, according to Barack Obama, Uncle Vlad, Susan Rice and Bashar himself.  And then... POOF!  Assad had them back.  

Uncle Vlad responded by sending a Russian warship into the eastern Mediterranean to go and monitor our warships that fired off the Tomahawks.  With more of our warships in decent proximity, what do you suppose the Russian ship is going to do?  Obviously, this is all a going to be a courtesy call.  

Thursday night, most of the Dems came out and said they supported Trump's move, but by the time the Senate Majority Leader had shoved Neil Gorsuch through his confirmation vote, it dawned on the Dems that they had said something nice and they all huddled in the Senate basement, eventually coming out with a "What Trump did was okay, but he should have asked Congress first."  Maybe we should have waited until Assad gassed some more people?  

The left-wing media, which includes the vast majority of newspapers and broadcast/cable companies in the nation, has been vocally claiming that what Trump did was unlawful and done only for the purpose of detracting from the ongoing investigation into the Trump-Russian connection.  How sick can these people get?  Never mind; don't bother to answer.  

In the meanwhile, it seems that Susan Rice has an insatiable crush on President Trump.  Word started to ooze out yesterday that she amassed a huge trove of informational nuggets on the Prez and his team.  Since we all know that she would never pass her information on to Hillary or Barack, the only apparent motive for her collection is that she is madly in love with the man. 

California's Guv Moon Beam just signed a 12 cent-per-gallon tax increase... the largest in history.  The $52 billion being raised as a result is supposedly going to go to "transportation infrastructure," which is code for spending more money on the California monorail that everyone is against.  Maybe the extra money will enable construction to get past the 25 mile-long mark.  

Word on the underground news network these days is that now that Trump has shown he's willing to attack Syrians, the next thing we know he's going to be killing gays.   Will someone please explain to me what one has to do with the other?  Oh... really? 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.