Mushroom Soup Wednesday

Here is a real obit for our friend Chris Bearde.

I have been up most of the night writing something about some stupid barbarian who eats cheese dip and today, I have to return to my main line of work these days: Closing out the apartment of my friend Carolyn before the month is out and rent is due. So you won't see much of me on this page during the next twenty-four hours. Who knows? I may even get some sleep.

Hey, if you want to read something important, read Fred Kaplan on why war with North Korea is not likely unless the Trump Administration does something really, really stupid. I get the feeling that even people who love what he is doing in this country — assuming he ever gets around to actually doing it — aren't all that confident of his ability to handle foreign affairs.

And Jordan Weissmann explains why Donald Trump's plan to massively cut taxes for Donald Trump (and others who don't need it) will never make it through Congress.

I'll be back soon, perhaps having slept.