Finally A Good Cabinet Pick

Nixon Reacts to Trump’s Cabinet Picks – by Andy Borowitz.

Delicious, especially for those of us old enough to remember Nixon.

Of Trump’s three key Cabinet picks — State, Treasury, and Defense — one is excellent, one is acceptable, and one is not.  I hope the Senate has the good sense to discern which is which.

(So how did this highly competent Treasury nominee get on Trump’s radar without being a Fox News personality or one of his defense attorneys?  It turns out that Scott Bessent is a long-time pal of fellow South Carolinian Blaine Trump, for 25 years Trump’s sister-in-law.*)

Joel Grey reflects on Cabaret.

I’ve seen it twice.  Once, in Boston, in the 1966 try-out he refers to.**  Once last year, in the remarkable production you can still see.  I was beyond clueless the first time.  A little less so, now.

And, yes, I’ve been to the Kit Kat Club.  But that’s a story for my next book.

PRKR

Dave K: “Wondering if you have any insight as to its rise to 91 cents.  Could it be time to sell?”

→ If all goes really, really well, it’s $10+.  If badly — zero.  How much of a gambler are you?

*Of no relevance to Treasury, but of relevance to me: Scott and his husband John have two kids.  Decades ago, I dreamed of a time when being gay would be no big deal.  Who cares?  Ho-hum.  ChatGPT even gives me credit for coining the term “ho-hum-ization.”  Well: when Scott is confirmed by the Republican Senate, we’ll be one step closer.  

**My dad had sent me.  Beefeater gin was his client.  The production wanted a case a week in return for using it as a prop.  Dad wanted my opinion whether it would be okay for the brand.