In Honor of Stan Laurel (b. 16 June, 1890, d. 23 February, 1965)

Stan Laurel look-alike having just read the morning news!

5 takeaways from the upcoming national election, in no particular order—

***the incipient stage of Full Force Banana Republicanism—the son of a deposed tyrant who was expected to win the election in Brazil, following in his father’s footsteps, has fled Brazil in fear for his life—next stop, America.

****is it a good thing to have been born in America instead of in Brazil?

*****how many seas can a lame duck sail before he or she sleeps with a man, in the sand?

****** The Pleistocene Age is a subset of the Anthropocene Age. Both find themselves in perilous trouble.

*******Facebook, Instagram, Meta, X and Space X, Tic Toc et. al.—why are so many otherwise smart, well informed people using social media platforms created by stone-cold killers?

Stan Laurel lived his final years in a small flat in the Oceana Apartments in Santa Monica, California. HIs phone number was listed in the telephone directory and he would graciously take calls from fans.