Cui prodest

Nobody liked this deal. Is this a rational criteria? So everybody can revel in the opponent's discomfort.Lose-lose strategy where the driving force is the hate of the other. A meeting of minds on the periphery of rationality.

Deadline, debtline

Deadlines are good. They force you to do things. But are these accomplishments? One does so many  foolish things because of deadlines.
This guy runs and catches the bus at the stop. He yells. Done This is it. Go.
 The conductor angrily shouts back: Why do you say done, when it is not yet done. Only when I say done, it is done.
Done'

a day at the races,nation's trifecta

Politics and democracy in action, totally enjoyable. All this theater, with hourly winners and losers. Falling stars in american politics. Or stars in falling America. Is this the culmination of the democracy  sold around the world. Here and there, the  extremists are the winners. Freedom for  the religious zealots, the haters, the elephants in must running toward each other.