Matt Davies for January 30, 2024

Forethought, I like that in a President.

Jenga — an apt description of a US President’s responsibilities — keeping everything in balance while still trying to build/advance the nation. Except that the game, Jenga, only has 54 blocks whereas a US President has to deal with many, many more [referring to issues, not blockheads]. Incidentally, the game was invented by Leslie Scott, a British national born in Tanzania [formerly Tanganyika]. The name, Jenga, was derived from a Swahili work, kujenga, meaning ‘to build.’ Ms. Scott based the game on one her family evolved using children’s wooden building blocks in Ghana.

Sammy Snyder: Well, I checked it out to refresh my memory, and Trump’s declaration has 11 or so loopholes that make it pretty much useless. In addition it displays a serious lack of knowledge about China and its territories and is largely unenforceable. The “ban” was imposed 9 days after those imposed by other countries, and even after the imposition hundreds of thousands of people from China continued to arrive in the US via direct flights from China. Not so much a demonstration of foresight as political posturing.

There was a similar cartoon on GC some time ago. The comments section bandied about the notion whether that the block was being removed, or inserted.

Don’t we wish it is just a game. For Biden, his turn may be running out.

America is bound to collapse if Joe Biden were to win a second presidential puppet term.

Although the Hawks are screaming “Bomb,bomb,bomb, Iran” , I believe Biden will not do that but will strike at militia strong points outside of Iran.

Doesn’t the thing have to be stable at the start of the game? That was several thousand years ago, I guess.