Once again, Life imitates art

There is a new TV series entitled" Counterpart". The underlying story is that about 30 years ago hey parallel universe sprang up in which each of us has his counterpart with identical DNA and appearance but whose personality  traits probably are much different because of different experiences in the last 30 years. People in these two universes can travel to the other and back not through some singularity but something that rather looks like a Subway tollbooth.

Having established the artistic metaphor, it has become increasingly clear to me that's what separates the pro trump and increasingly all Republicans from the opposition is not a mere difference of opinion. It is a completely different universe. In my universe in the last few days the Trump administration has received two recent body blows. First, the White House story that the administration, particularly ex Gen. Kelly, dismissed Rob Porter immediately upon knowing of his domestic abuses. In testimony by Chris Wray before the house, you should excuse the expression, Intelligence committee, it became abundantly clear that the administration had known about this for months. In response to this, those in the other universe concocted one of the most preposterous arguments they have yet devised to say only some cellar dwellers in the administration had any knowledge. Then, in testimony before the same committee it became clear that the  memorandom concerning the FISA warrant approval process regarding Carter Page concocted by the White House and Devin Nunes what's complete horseshit and that nobody in the White House asked opinions of the intelligence Community regarding security concerns before releasing it. In their universe, this memo remains evidence of FBI plots against Donald Trump.

It does not appear that there is any Subway tollbooth that allows transportation or even maybe communication between these two universes. There is no point in even trying. There are probably those who are adrift in limbo someplace between these two universes wondering where the hell they are. Those are probably the only people worth trying to talk to.

Tammy Duckworth came up with a great name for Donnie calling him" cadet bonespur after some of his typical bellicose statements. I think another good name would be typhoid Donnie because he seems to have been able to infect anyone within the vicinity of him with the lying disease. I don't see how it anyone in his administration as well as most of the Republicans in Congress are going to come out of this with any measure of integrity or self-respect left. It will serve them right.