All This Is That

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Drawings by Jerry Melin from around 1980

by Jack Brummet

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A drawing of our living room at 158 W. 84th Street #3B, NYC (it looks like we're naked]:

A drawing of Johnnie and KeeKee entering heaven:

A drawing of Kevin Curran in a Dorian's Red Hand Wife-beater (the bottle is Boucheron, our top cheap French quaff at the time ($2.99 for a 1.75 liter bottle):

A drawing of our front room at 158 W 84th NYC. I recognize it from the angled window and the drawing of Brooklyn Bridge on the wall:

He did a lot of fantasy drawings, like this unfinished one:

And this one:

A drawing of me:

Another drawing of me (Crime: impersonating a drunken poet):

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Thursday, May 18, 2017

The greatest accomplishment of The rump Administration in its first 118 days is the appointment of the Special Counsel ( I miss the term Special Prosecutor, which lapsed with the old law) that could—possibly—ultimately trigger their downfall.

And, slap my ass and call me Sally, they named a guy who pretty much walks on water with support everywhere it counts (FBI, Justice, HS, NSA, Congress, and the various spook agencies).

Whichever way it goes, I trust him to get to the truth eventually. Is this wishful thinking? Is it inevitable The President runs a Saturday Night Massacre maneuver once things look grim?

Special Counsel Bob Mueller hates leaks, is relentless, and is both a skilled investigator and prosecutor. I am interested how this works with the dual congressional committees (and a couple of subcommittees) already slowly working their way through the Russian mess. And the other investigations, like the FBI? I suspect he will use the FBI rather than bring in outsiders. . .if he feels they have not been compromised. As I remember, the special prosecutor takes precedence on many issues. I think, because it is Mueller, conflicts can be sorted out. Onward! Excelsior!

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