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PECKERWOOD'S WEEKLY LUNOCRACY POST! For the Week of 5/05/2025

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Is there a silver-lining with respect to Trump's brand of stupido fascism? It seems so, though  not for Americans. Boooo! Instead, it's for Canada-land, for example, whose citizenry just did a whiplash-fast about-face and voted liberal  in a big way. Shocker! But then they'd learned a valuable lesson. They'd seen the stomach-churning carnage of Trump's Christo-fascist second term. Next up? Our friends Down Under.  "Australia’s election was headed towards a conservative coalition," said The Economist last week, "but since Trump returned to the White House, Australians have watched in horror as he abandoned Ukraine, started a global trade war and purged tens of thousands of federal employees. This has given the Labor Party a boost ahead of the election on May 3rd. It is a remarkable reversal." Crikey, that's good news for them.  Meanwhile, and this is sort of off topic, but will someone kindly explain to me why Aussies vote with cardboard box...