About 1% of whiskey or brandy evaporates in its wooden barrel over time. This lost amount is called the “angel’s share”, out of the folkloric idea that angels are taking their share of the spirit.<\/p>\n
In American politics today we are seeing something vaguely similar, although of a different spirit entirely. The creep has been making one ghastly and offensive choice after another for his cabinet, mainly opting for slightly nutty incompetents to serve as obedient acolytes.<\/p>\n
But being an experienced conman, he knows that a good con requires a good distraction. Especially if you are filling your cabinet with anti-vaxxers, election conspiracists, rapists, climate deniers, Kremlin apologists, COVID deniers, medical quacks and a puppy killer.<\/p>\n
How do you distract people from a rogue’s gallery like that one? Rising to the occasion, the creep nominated an actual child molester for Attorney General.<\/p>\n
Of course that one didn’t go through.<\/p>\n
It was a brilliant move, in its way — letting one evaporate so all the others can remain. All things considered, you could say it was a sort of “demon’s share”.<\/p>\n
Don’t get me wrong. I don’t think the creep is evil — that would be giving him too much credit. I doubt the man could add up a grocery list.<\/p>\n
But he is very good at the single thing that he is good at — causing chaos and destruction, then lining his pockets and the pockets of his friends in the ensuing confusion.<\/p>\n
I guess it’s always good to have a skill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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