News Headline: “New York condo building becomes the 7th to remove Trump’s name since 2016.”
Seven buildings down, 19 to go.
Not counting the golf courses.
Easy does it.
One building at a time. . . .

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, whose wealth increased more than $100 million a day last year, has canceled  bonuses for his warehouse workers in time for the holidays.

News Headline: “Trump says he hasn’t visited the troops in Afghanistan, Iraq because he’s ‘very busy.’ ”
News Headline: “Donald Trump visits the golf course for 159th time as president.”
The two stories seemed to go together, for some reason.

News Headline: “The media is going easy on Trump.”
The Washington Post should know better.
The media are, media are, media are.
. . . going easy on Trump.
And can it be time for QT’s annual reminder  that “flaccid” is pronounced FLAK-sid?
And “vagaries” is pronounced vuh-GAIR-eez?
And “err” rhymes with “fur”?
And “dour” rhymes with “your”?
And “sheik” rhymes with “cake”?
Evidently.

Martha Stewart wants you to know that if you plan to carve a Halloween pumpkin, you will need a keyhole saw, a sabre saw, a wood gouge, a linoleum cutter, a hole cutter, a plaster scraper and a melon-ball scooper.
And a power drill.

News Headline: “Did Donald Trump inherit a lot of money and then increase his net worth at an unremarkable rate?”
News Headline: “Will Trump build his wall?”
News Headline: “What will Trump do about Saudi Arabia?”
News Headline: “What does Trump do all day?”
News Headline: “Will Republicans grow a spine and restore democracy?”
Yes, no, nothing, collude, ha.
See how easy?

Two out of three U.S. citizens would flunk the U.S. Citizenship Test, according to a new study.

News Headline: “White nationalist leader is plotting to ‘take over the GOP.’ ”
Pssst. A white nationalist leader already has.

News Headline: “Trump defends Saudi Arabia in Khashoggi case.”
News Headline: “Saudi mystery drives wedge between Trump, GOP.”
Nobody knew covering up the murder of a Saudi-American journalist could be so complicated.

News Headline: “Does Saudi Arabia own Trump?”
No. Perish the thought.
Russia owns Trump.
Figure Saudi Arabia is leasing with an option to buy.