This is just an idea I had.  Okay, so it’s not fleshed out fully, but it’s just an idea.

You know how Trump is demanding a military parade so he can prove to French President Macron that his twinkle isn’t as small as it appears to be?

If you missed the launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy today, put down your baked potato and nice red wine and watch this.  Trust me.

The launch today was from launchpad 39A at Cape Kennedy, made famous over 40 years ago when it was the setting of the Apollo missions to the Moon.  During those days, as a much younger El Jefe, I sat for untold hours watching on that crappy little 13 inch black and white television our effort to reach the stars.  At the height of the war in Vietnam, in which I fully expected to perish, our country was reaching beyond our atmosphere and gravity to touch another body in the heavens, the Moon.  The Moon missions transported me from the death and destruction on nightly television; indescribable even today, the emotion I felt during these missions carried me away from those dark days all the way through young adulthood.  I survived those times from two gigantic influences – out-of-control-ear-splitting rock-and-roll, and those thrilling missions to reach the moon.  I told you it was indescribable.

All of those memories came flooding back today when Falcon Heavy launched from the precise center of my youthful imagination.  Today, though, rather than carrying precious human lives of the past Apollo missions, atop that roaring machine was an icon almost more important – a symbol of modern society’s sense of adventure, technological development, and just a little bit of fun.  The payload for this ride was Elon Musk’s personal Tesla Roadster, complete with a mannequin, wearing SpaceX prototype spacesuit in the driver’s seat..  The passenger, dubbed Starman, will ride in the Tesla in an orbit around the Earth and Mars for all time.  And the great thing?  You can watch it live.  On YouTube.

Welcome to the New World.  Enjoy.  I am.

It’s kinda amazing what people are calling news now days.

For example, take this.

And that’s news because some damn fool just now figured it out?

Although the “junk” news sites considered in the analysis included those on both the left and right, lead researcher Philip Howard said the findings suggest “that most of the junk news that people share over social media ends up with Trump’s fans, the far right. They’re playing with different facts, and they think they have the inside scoop on conspiracies.”

As a result, he said in a phone interview, it appears that “a small chunk of the population isn’t able to talk politics or share ideas in a sensible way with the rest of the population.”

Yeah, this ain’t news.  This has been going on for a while. They quit being sensible well over a year ago.

Reuters just came out with a poll that 73% of Republicans believe that the FBI and the Justice Department are trying to undermine Donald Trump.

Damn fools.  Trump is trying to undermine Trump.

Remember the time Paul Ryan wouldn’t clap when President Obama called for the United States to be the country to cure cancer?

“For the loved ones we’ve all lost, for the family we can still save, let’s make America the country that cures cancer once and for all.”

While he was sitting next to Joe Biden, whose son was suffering with cancer?

Look, I’m not saying that was treason.  I’m just saying it was a real crappy thing to do. Double down crappy.  Dog dump crappy.

For Democrats to show Donald Trump any manner of approval about anything would be used for him to say, “See, everybody loves me.”  Besides, he clapped enough for himself to make up for those who didn’t.

Sumbitch.

You know how you get ready to go to bed at night and wonder, “Did all that crap really happen today?”  You wonder how Donald Trump, Devin Nunes, and Paul Ryan could squeeze so much evil doing into 24 hours.  You begin to think you’re losing your mind: that many things can’t happen in one day.

I am here to bring you comfort.

There is a website called What The Flying Fertile Flip Just Happened Today where you can check in on reality.

WTF Just Happened Today is a newsletter, blog, podcast, and community that chronicles the daily shock and awe in national politics. It’s produced every morning by hand and updated throughout the day, with a newsletter sent out every afternoon, Monday through Friday.

You’re gonna thank me for this.

It’s on CNN

It’s that extra $1.50 a week that the market couldn’t handle.

The stock market dip follows months of record highs, but still leaves the economy at a significantly higher level than it was when Trump took office.

Pressed about the stock market losses, White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah acknowledged “markets do fluctuate in the short term, I think we all know that. But the fundamentals of this economy are very strong.”

This morning Trump’s giving a speech about how great the stock market dropped 1,000 points.

Devin Nunes will soon have a memo about it.