The Red Queen’s Race

This week, another amendment was processed and placed in my Amended docket, so I’m up to two amendments.

I finished a first Office Action on my oldest Regular New application, and I have also worked on a different Regular New case. I was hoping to finish that this week, but Cheops’ Law still applies: nothing is ever finished on time or within the budget.

Junk Email

Lately, I have been receiving unwanted emails from Dishonest Donald, and from other Trumpublican politicians and causes. I have unsubscribed from some of these lists, but either they haven’t removed my e-dress yet, or they simply don’t care whether targets have unsubscribed. One memorable letter from “we’re crushed” claims, “we didn’t expect this from YOU of all people” (I am reproducing their capitalizations), and asserts that I am the only Republican in my area who has not signed a GOP petition demanding that all charges against Donald Trump be dropped.

The level of mendacity involved, and the degree of appeal to low-information voters, would be breathtaking, if the past eight years had left me with the capacity to be shocked. I doubt that I would be the only Republican in an area much larger than my apartment who had not signed, even if I were still a Republican. And of course, even if I were still a Republican, and if every other Republican in town had signed, I would have no obligation to sign a petition demanding that a thorough-going scoundrel not be prosecuted for his crimes. Since there are indictments against Trump both at the federal level and in two states, what authority would be able to drop all of them even if presented with a petition signed by a hundred million Americans?

I wasn’t impressed by the email from Elise Stefanik, either, or by the requests for money from various Trumpist candidates.