Dispatches From the Fortress – Day 244

Quiet day here. No one who doesn't seem like a Trump toady seems to think he has any chance of remaining in the Oval Office and some of the toadies aren't too convincing in pretending they believe he does. But I guess they figure it can't hurt to collect someone donations to fight the unstolen stolen election and put that money to use elsewhere. It's a lot like Max Bialystock convincing little old ladies to invest in that surefire Broadway smash, Springtime for Hitler. Come to think of it, it's the exact same thing.

Also, I assume they figure that it can't hurt to keep Trump's base — which is increasingly becoming the base of the Republican Party — angry and convinced they're in the majority and will always win unless Democrats cheat. I seem to recall Trump on with Letterman or some talk host once explaining that, yes, his business did have its bankruptcies but they were all other folks' screw-ups and failures, never his…and he personally always profited off those business ventures even if everyone else involved lost their skivvies.

I have written before on this blog about people who think never admitting you're wrong is the same thing as always being right. A closely-allied species is the person who thinks never admitting you lost is the same thing as always winning.


For the benefit of those of you who keep asking me when there will be more issues of Groo: Whatever I do on that comic, I'm doing at the moment. You can expect an announcement soon.

Also, people who pre-ordered their copies of the new Pogo book are telling me they're receiving them. If you were waiting until it's actually out to order it, wait no longer. That's all for now.