Log Entry for January 1st —- December 31st 2025

The ball dropped, toasts were made,
The weather cold but sunny,
Than an evil cretin in the Big Easy,
Fifteen poor souls lost, no part of this is funny.

Radicalized American – ISIS fan,
Foul terrorist operations,
Looks like we forgot too soon
About the clash of civilizations.

And a suicide bomber in Vegas,
This one as sad as can be,
A good American soldier,
A bad case of PTSD.

And President Biden gave out medals
For one and all to see,
Left a lot of folks scratching heads,
These folks supported the Free?

A horrible dry season fire
Tis as if you could watch the houses melt,
We can all Thank God Gavin
Took care of the Delta Smelt.

And then a storm Struck the Capital,
As of the Furies were unleashed,
Some old Washington hands cowered,
Took shelter from the beast!

Orange Man would have his way,
The bureaucracy would bend,
And suddenly just like that,
A lot of problems began to mend.

Within days the border wasn’t quite so bad,
Dear Mexico! Dear Canada! Please, Please! Attend!
We are going to apply some common sense!
And Foolish Spending he did suspend.

And suddenly at the borders,
Our neighbors cast away foolish pretense,
And found they had both dollars
And more importantly sense!

And some offices in the government
Were suddenly quite afraid,
For common sense had found them out,
To survive they might need “AID.”

A-I-D became the poster child,
Government run amok,
Billions passed out to certain friends,
They were in for some bad luck.

Chiefs were looking for a three-peat,
Mahomes skills make folks sit up and shout,
No one told Phillie,
Eagles win in a blowout.

But as soon as USAID was fingered,
More waste, folks yelling “HEY!
Over here it’s Outrageous”
20 billion at the EPA…

Some don’t want the war to stop,
Trump is thinking different,
Europe now in an uproar,
Acting quite diffident.

But Trump has asked them who will play,
Who’ll put troops on the ground?
The jury I guess is still out,
But so far nary a sound.

And then there was a party,
In the Oval Office they sat around,
But things went sort of sideways
And made a very big sound!

For 40 minutes it was swell,
Then the VP and VZ banged heads,
And then things went sideways,
Is that rare earth deal now dead?

And then there was a possible ceasefire,
Let’s stop the “meat grinda”
Then everyone started picking at it,
So maybe only sorta, kinda…

And the NYT released a story,
That confirmed all the stuff that wasn’t true,
Seems CIA – then the Army,
Was doin’ that voodoo that they do.

And then the Prez had had enough,
With Iran, Houthis and the Red Sea,
The Navy started pounding on things,
How will this end? We’ll see.

But in the meantime B-2s to DGar,
This ain’t some sort of prom,
B-2s aren’t about the Houthis,
Maybe Iran is worrying about the bomb?

But then a bunch of big people
Sitting around and yakking,
Then they got there Signal Crossed,
Will someone get sent packing?

And April second rolled around
“Pay attention” said the new sheriff,
“Time to fix things long since broke,”
And so we got a bunch of tariffs.

Of course there was a great deal of whining,
Of wringing hands and clutching of pearls,
Of course some thought different,
How ‘bout givin’ fiscal responsibility a whirl?

And then there was quite a hew and cry,
End of the world and all that,
Trump is just crazy after all,
What’s goin’ on under that MAGA Hat?

These tariffs will destroy us,
He must be put away,
Doesn’t he understand
It’s always been this way?

So much yelling and screaming,
Dear God, the Orange man they hate,
But Why the F___ are all these countries,
Headed to the White House to negotiate?

Pope Francis Passed away,
He struggled with the Church’s role,
But all in all he truly meant well,
May dear God rest his soul.

And now we have an American Pope
From a Peruvian Bishopric,
The press was quite surprised
To learn he was still Catholic.

Nothing against the new Pope,
To Christ’s Vicar I wish the best,
And to Pope Francis,
In peace may he rest.

But it is a most demanding job,
Pope Leo can use our prayers,
Perhaps as much as the White Sox,
A sorry bunch of millionaires…

We’ve had some interesting calls
Made by judges who acted like clods,
Seems they keep upsetting each other,
Seems most of them think they are God.

The Supreme Court has reined a handful in,
But really there is an easier solution,
Everyone take a 30 minute break
And carefully read the Constitution.

Over in southern Asia,
Concerning some very rough unpleasant land,
Two nuclear powers nearly came to plows
Land claimed by both India and Pakistan.

But they seemed to walk it back,
Folks sorta kept their heads,
And when all was said and done,
The nukes stayed in their sheds.

And Trump and Zelenskyy made a deal
Some stuff for which there really is no dearth,
But there’s been lots of foolishness for five decades,
So now a deal for some rare earths.

And Peace talks opened in Istanbul,
Aren’t talks supposed to help persuade?
But nothing like that happened here,
And not much progress was made,

In fact it seemed fairly obvious,
Does not require a great intellectual jump,
Nothing will be settled
Until talks between Putin and Trump.

They held the Kentucky Derby,
The weather made some trainers shudder,
But Sovereignty ran off to victory,
I guess the boy’s a mudder.

The Ukrainians pulled off a clever strike,
It seemed to thrill most every nation.
Of course there was a little concern
That this was a serious escalation…

But hey, not to worry,
Just among us friends,
We’re just talking about war
With a country with 5,000 nuclear weapons.

Trump gave a little notice,
Youse guys got 60 day!
And lo and behold it got exciting
On the 12th of May.

On the 61st day after the warning
The IDF went to town,
200 sorties on the first night,
Slapping the Mullahs down…

And some very nice wet work
For some folks hiding in their midst,
Choose your career path carefully
If you’re an Iranian physicist…

And on the first day of summer,
It’s really unusually calm,
Unless you are follower
Of Shia Islam.

If you were in a few spots in Iran,
You might have heard a very loud Pop!
Some problems area got all cleaned up
With a very loud MOP.

Now we will have to wait,
To see where all this does go,
But I guess they should have listened
When President Trump said simply “No!”

And then something really amazing
In Sub Saharan Africa, you know,
For the first time in 3 decades,
Someone cared about the Congo.

And so the DROC and Rwanda,
The President opined,
Had finally been pulled together,
In the Oval Office a peace treaty was signed.

Pakistan and India, Cambodia and Siam,
The Donald and Marco,
Stomping ‘round the planet,
Making peace wherever they go…

And then there are those tariffs,
He’ll ruin the economy it seems,
But wait, there’s another trade deal!
Seems the economists don’t know beans.

Let’s not forget high fashion
And the case of Sydney Sweeney,
Flaunting her genes for all to see,
That horrible blonde meanie.

But our moral guards on the far far left,
Have had enough of tight-fitting denim,
They directed their guns at Miss Sweeney,
And hit her with their strongest venom.

And so now American Eagle and Miss Sweeney
Are wondering who to thank,
And taking the jackass left indignation
All the way to the bank.

And the Prez took direct control of the district,
It sure is a mess,
Crime is up, and it’s filthy dirty,
But don’t tell that to the press…

So they met far north,
In the Land of the Midnight Sun
And amazingly there were folks who were glad
That no deal was done.

Some people make me wonder,
And it would be best if we could just ignore,
Some idiot who has no ideas,
But is glad to have a war.

But the White House put on a little show,
So that Tsar Vlad might our real power feel,
But the President summed it all up,
“No deal ‘till there’s a deal.”

Don’t you love those go-fast boats,
They’ve got engines by the score,
But there may be some limitations
In taking one to war.

And I suspect you can find a drug warning,
If you read the write Epistle,
And maybe even a little note:
Don’t try to outrun a missile.

Meanwhile the Navy and Marines,
In the Caribbean with a nice Task Force,
Trying a little gun-boat diplomacy,
Maduro should show some remorse…

And in Utah a horrible crime,
Killed for speaking what he thought to be true,
Evil afoot it seems today,
In the service of you know who.

And the Pentagon had a big get together,
Down in ole Quantico,
All the brass from around the world,
So they could be in the know.

And the Secretary had a message
For all those with scrambled eggs on their hat,
Get in shape and do your jobs,
You’ll be on the street if you are fat!

The House passed a big CR!
Isn’t that Terrif!
But Chucky said “Not enough!”
So, we’re gonna have a giant RIF!

And Trump and little Marco,
And Bibi Netanyahu,
Worked and worked on peace in Gaza,
And maybe free the hostages too.

And it appears they got something,
Peace in Gaza, Ain’t that swell!
But not to folks in Oslo,
For Trump: “No Nobel!”

But that is as it should be,
Nobel for Yasir and other rats,
No Nobel for Republicans,
Only for Democrats.

About that big fire in California,
Who to Blame? Climate change was the one1
Except for one minor detail,
Turns out it was arson.

The House Republicans voted to continue,
The Resolution was a go, it was done,
But not so fast in the Senate,
Did Schumer think this would be fun?

Baseball is an interesting game,
Easy to play, but hard to play well,
Many are good, but who will win?
Only time will tell.

A few guys in out in Hollywood,
Set the bar very, very high,
Some amazing pitching from Yamamoto,
Pretty good ballplayer this fellow Shohai…

Meanwhile the government stayed “shut down,”
And Trump tried to trim some fat,
Some judges tried to overstep their bench,
Said the Prez “Couldn’t do That!”

The Dodgers and the Bluejays
Struggled through seven games in all,
The Dodgers won in the 11th inning!
A true classic for the Fall.

And the government finally opened for business,
After lots of yelling, but not much of a debate,
And some leftists won in leftist states,
Start the year, 35 days late.

And a few more drug boats were sunk,
Still 2,000 Americans die every week,
Something needs to be done about the cartels,
Lets help more boats leak.

In Ukraine the fighting continues,
Seems the Ukrainian army has more than it can handle,
And meanwhile in Kyiv
There is brewing quite a scandal.

And then a proposal seemed to appear,
Trump got it all started again,
Though maybe the Eurocons are trying to stop it,
Pray for peace this Christmas season… Amen.

Still we had Thanksgiving,
But two Guardsmen were shot,
By a known criminal,
Don’t let their sacrifice be forgot.

And as the year drew to a close,
Anti-Semitism reared it’s foul head,
Radical Islam at Bondi beach,
Many wounded, 15 dead.

Down south the US Navy
On patrol in the Caribbean Sea,
Attrition of the drug smugglers…
The tally now 33.

Sadly for Ukrainians peace proposals
Seem to be opposed by the Eurocons,
Who seem to root for a forever war,
And so that war grinds on.

It seems everyone really is above average
In Minnesota, Really we’re all quite awed,
Imaginative, creative, very clever,
And $9 billion in fraud…

And Mr President has jumped into the argument,
Wants the US Navy to remain the maritime giant,
Making the Navy Great Again,
I Christen thee USS Defiant.

And so ends another year,
Last night a new year came,
AI may be all the rage,
But somehow it all still looks the same.

But this is an election year,
And everyone says “We Need To Win!”
Just a short 10 Months away,
Let the fun begin…

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