Blame game, content farms in Macedonia, the Pootster, the Weinster and other things that go bump in the night.

<peeking out> It’s over, right? We’ve finally hit the traditional end of summer? Things seem to be slowing down a bit here at The Compound now that we’re past summer. The Clustering of Gigolos Music Festival has come and gone. We’re past The Daughter’s graduation from the George Mason School of Advanced Truck Driving. Nibiru missed the Earth. Lake Mountebank is still around, but it’s nice having a permanent water feature here. Subpoenas were served, Gigolos were tossed around, fires were extinguished, and my near-death experience with healthcare in America has passed.

All seems to be back to normal here at The Compound. So, I finally crawl from beneath my covers this morning and check my newsfeed for the first time in weeks and what do you think I found? I mean, besides the tragic news of a queue of hurricanes slamming the Atlantic and Gulf.

I find that Hillary Clinton is about to release a new book that essentially blames EVERYONE for her loss to The Trump. And, I mean everyone (except her grandchildren and herself). Here’s the list so far:

• The FBI (those pesky Federal agents always snooping around in her business)
• James Comey (as head of the FBI, see above)
• The Russians (hacking her servers and releasing tantalizing crumbs for others to find – see FBI above)
• Vladimir Putin (the Pootster – King of Russia)
• Anti-American forces (she wasn’t specific here – probably Russians – see above)
• Low information voters (hmmmmmm…or perhaps somewhat informed, angry voters?)
• Obama for winning two terms (thanks, Obama)
• People wanting change (Obama was single-handedly responsible for the removal of change machines everywhere – people stood in line for hours trying to get $10 worth of quarters)
• Suburban women (darned soccer moms – they lack vision)
• The New York Times (the last bastion of great liberal thought – really? Maybe they were trying to get to something resembling the truth? Just saying.)
• Netflix (WHAT? Oh, I get it…because they offered past seasons of Game of Thrones as mindless naked alternative entertainment to watching your debates)
• Content farms in Macedonia (HUH? WTF is that?)
• The Democratic Party (psssssst…last I checked you are one.)
• The Republican Party (now, there’s someone to blame)
• Matt Lauer (really? Mild-mannered Matt?)
• Her association with Mr. Bill
• Anthony Weiner (okay, she doesn’t specifically name him, but…)

Okay, that’s the partial list of blamees for Hillary’s loss. Curiously, she doesn’t blame Hillary or any of Hilary’s shenanigans. Now she’s about to release her book, “What Happened” in which she lays out her careful analysis (day-by-day, minute-by-minute, blamee-by-blamee) of everyone who was responsible for her political demise.

And, everyone will run out and buy the book to see if their name is in it. I had someone at the publisher run through the index…no mention of Cosmic City Blog anywhere. Why not? Note to self – need to work on really pissing people off.

So, she’ll get rich(er) quick(er) and make the rounds of all the daytime and primetime talk shows for interviews of what a mess all of the above and others have made of her life.

In truth, she only has to come to me. Hire me as a consultant. I could have told her where things went so wrong. The GOP made some brilliant plays this go around (unusual for that bunch). It was that hidden majority of angry, middle-class voters out there. The Republican Party has been courting these people for years…making occasional forays into misinformation…always pumping their message out to the masses through their stooge spokespeople (name one, name them all) until they finally brought it home.

Now they’ve driven the stake into the ground and managed to get The Trump into office. How’s that working out for you, GOP? Been a rough road, hasn’t it? If you screw this up, the hidden majority will scurry back to the cover of their low-rent apartments and mobile homes and slightly above minimum wage jobs and rock you back on your heels for another eight years of a Dem White House.

Well, it’s that, but for me, it was the email thing. I know, I’ve said it a million times, but I’ll say it again. Everyone who is granted access to classified material from the lowly PFC to the Secretary of State signs the same non-disclosure agreement. That agreement makes it very clear that you will go to jail for an extended period of time if you mishandle said material.

Trust me when I tell you that if I had done what she did, I’d still be in prison. Probably blaming everyone but me for being there.

And, just for the record. I predicted The Trump’s rise to power in September of 2015. Still, I have to admit I was surprised when I got up on the Wednesday morning after the election to find that he had in fact, gotten in.

Eh well, so much for the blame game. I’m sure she’ll sell a ton of books before plotting her daughter’s rise to fame and power. The Clintons just won’t go away!

I'm going back to bed!

That is all!

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