YoiksAndAway

A million…more?

I’ll cut you some slack since you admitted that you’re not American, but I have to correct you on a couple of points here:

1. There was never a mayor of New York City named “Comey”. I think you’re confusing him with the former governor of New York State, Andrew Cuomo, who was a mess, but that was a completely different issue.
2. The former mayor of New York City was not Andrew Cuomo, it was Eric Adams, who was also a mess, but he was a different guy altogether with a different mess.
3. Andrew Cuomo was running for mayor of NYC against both Zohran Mamdani and Eric Adams (who was running as an independent candidate, until he dropped out), and I think that’s where your confusion comes from.

The damages done will last far beyond my lifetime and I’m fairly young.

Yes, they probably will.

And that’s an “at best” scenario assuming America even turns things around, which I am seriously beginning to doubt.

It will take a while to turn things around. I’m pretty hopeful about new voices like Mamdani and AOC, but I can’t make you share that optimism.

I disagree. There is no heir to the MAGA throne with Trump’s charisma (for lack of a better word). Vance is a wet noodle with the personality of an even wetter noodle, and Charlie Kirk is dead.

I understand what you’re saying, and there will be a lot to be fixed once the Trump era is over, both domestically and in realm of international relations, but Democrats are overperforming in every special election lately, even in deep-red areas, and an openly Democratic Socialist has just won the mayoral race a major American city. Then there is the spectre of the Epstein files, which is not going away, and for all their faults, the Democrats seem to be pursuing this doggedly. Republicans in congress are already jumping ship. I don’t expect them to invoke the 25th amendment on Trump, but it’s becoming increasingly obvious that he’s declining both mentally and physically. If we’re not at a tipping point yet, I’d say we’re damn close.

I honestly think Trump is circling the drain right now. It’s still big, wide circles, and I think he can do more significant damage before he’s done, but IMHO the beginning of his end has started.

Hey, if you’re in local news in rural WV and only make one typo in a story, you’re probably ready for promotion or a job in a bigger market.

There’s an old bus on a rock in the New River in West Virginia. It’s a more interesting story than Volvo Island, I think.