News Headline: “ ‘His condition is getting worse.’ Trump spirals online.”
Forget the talk of Donald Trump pardoning himself.
There seems a different strategy at work.
Not guilty by reason of mental defect.
QT Planetary Defense Coordination Office
You are probably wondering:
What will be the first asteroid of spring?
And now we have the answer.
Astronomers have announced the discovery of Asteroid 2019 EA2.
It will pass between Earth and the moon sometime Friday.
But rest assured, nothing else is headed our way.
That we know of.
Civilization as we know it in the news
News Headline: “Donald Trump still won’t name ‘white terrorism.’ ”
So the time has come.
We need a complete shutdown of white Christians entering the United States.
And keep an eye out for caravans of Trump supporters.
From the QT news ticker
News Headline: “Is the Russia investigation really another Watergate?”
News Headline: “Are Trump’s failures the GOP’s gain?”
News Headline: “Is Vice President Mike Pence a decent guy?”
News Headline: “Are Trump voters too stupid to see his broken promises?”
News Headline: “Is civility under siege?”
Yes, no, no, sometimes, who wants to know.
See how easy?
In other news. . . .
News Headline: “Resistant bacteria cause stubborn infections.”
News Headline: “Rush Limbaugh gets contract extension.”
The two stories seemed to go together, for some reason.
From Poor QT’s Almanack
Beware the ides of National Optimism Month.
And March.
Sociopaths in love
News Headline: “Kim lets Trump know their ‘mysteriously wonderful’ chemistry isn’t enough.”
It was too hot not to cool down.
QT Grammar R Us Seminar on the English Language
The CIA’s Style Manual and Writers Guide for Intelligence Publications wants you to know:
+ ” ‘Data,’ ‘media,’ ‘criteria,’ ‘phenomena’ are plural and require plural verbs. . . . One never satisfies a criteria or observes a phenomena.”
+ “ ‘All right.’ Never ‘alright.’ ”
+ “ ‘Different from’ is correct; ‘different than’ is not.”
+ “ ‘Hanged’ is the past tense of hang when referring to an execution; ‘hung’ is the proper past tense in all other meanings.”
And keep in mind as you write:
You may be subject to enhanced editing.
WRITE TO QT: qt@zaysmith.com
Frontiers of science
News Headline: “Milky Way tips the scales at 1.5 trillion solar masses.”
But the galaxy carries it well.
The shining massage parlor upon a hill
News Headline: “Two associates of ex-Trump national security adviser Flynn indicted on conspiracy charges.”
Note to editors:
It is not news when Donald Trump associates are indicted.
It is not even news when associates of Donald Trump associates are indicted.
It is not even news when associates of Donald Trump ex-associates are indicted.
It is news when they aren’t.