The Lord of Misrule traditionally presided over the 12 Days of Christmas, but this year He appears hell-bent on reigning for life, which guarantees interesting times for 2025. By sheer coincidence, the USA chooses this period to transition from the rule of an outgoing president to an incoming one. There is nothing in the Constitution which prescribes this to be done in an orderly fashion, as the Supreme Court has now determined.

As leading social media websites discontinue fact-checking, it’s already becoming impossible to distinguish the “straight news” (whatever we care to call it) from the inspired bullshine promulgated by that bastion of American good sense: The Onion.

Yesterday they excelled themselves with an article entitled: Jealous Trump Throws Own State Funeral To Upstage Carter’s.