“No Kings Day”

…An interjection

On this “No Kings Day,” we could not resist interjecting our little solution for the future, one that we hope would lower the temperature and offer everyone a momentary diversion.

To properly acknowledge the imperial stature and everlasting importance of our monarch’s legacy, we inaugurate a fifth suit in the deck of democracy’s playing cards. The “T” suit.

Is there any better way to honor an historically great leader than to simultaneously create an iconic image for posterity while raking in the pecuniary profits of its sale?

Enough said!

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Credit: “Playing Card” from OpenAI.com’s DALL-E image generator with cycloids added to the background after the fact. (NOTE: OpenAI.com policy prevents employing a facsimile of our actual leader’s image. Thus, verisimilitude is not allowed today, but by the time these cards are produced and sold, such restrictions will be long gone.)

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Nota Bene: Others may ruminate differently. But be warned: In my case, seeing or hearing something quite trivial -- a saying, a store clerk’s mannerisms, or bad grammar on a food product’s label – triggers a stream-of-consciousness extrapolation toward grander notions and generalizations. That is what often happens in these posts. ADDENDUM: Those subscribers who have been here for a while will have noticed that at times Ruminations has veered into diatribes. I make no apology. I just want my readers to know that it’s quite intentional. When events come close to making the ‘blood boil,’ that discontent bubbles up here.

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