Wednesday, August 12, 2015

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: HOLLANDE - FRANCOIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CONTEMPORARY POMPOUS ASSES - HERE HE STANDS RIGIDLY IN THE RAIN AS IF TO PROVE SOMETHING ABOUT HIS CHARACTER - AND JUST LOOK AT THAT JACKASS SIGNATURE - HE'S ALL EGO AND VERY LITTLE CONTENT FITTING HIS ROLE AS AMERICA'S FRENCH-SPEAKING HOUSEHOLD HELP - FRANCE HAS FINALLY HIT BOTTOM WITH THIS GUY IN ITS LONG PLUNGE FROM DE GAULLE'S GRANDEUR AND INTELLIGENT INDEPENDENCE
















JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: ROYAL FAMILY - 1933 PHOTO OF THEM BEING COACHED BY FATHER IN THE FINE POINTS OF NAZI SALUTE - ODD TO SAY THE LEAST - BUT IN THE 1930s THE TRUTH IS HITLER WAS WIDELY ADMIRED IN THE WEST AND WE LIKE TO FORGET THAT - ODD TOO THAT RUPERT MURDOCH'S OUTFIT WOULD RUN THIS - NOTHING BIG HAPPENS WITHOUT THAT DICTATOR'S APPROVAL - WHAT'S GOING ON THERE IS THE BIG UNANSWERED QUESTION


JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: BUSH - JEB RESEMBLES A STARTLED DEER IN HEADLIGHTS - HE EXPLAINS HOW HE "MISSPOKE" WHEN HE SAID TOO MUCH MONEY WAS SPENT ON WOMEN'S HEALTH - WHAT IS MISSPEAKING ANYHOW? SAYING WHAT YOU REALLY THINK? HOW A MAN OF HIS AGE CAN POSSIBLY MAKE SUCH A POLITICALLY DUMB STATEMENT IS BEYOND ME - I USED TO THINK HE WAS THE SMART ONE COMPARED TO BROTHER GEORGE - BUT THERE APPEARS TO BE A DEEP VEIN OF STUPIDITY IN THAT FAMILY


Sunday, March 15, 2015

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: CLINTON - HILLARY IS THE POLITICAL GIFT THAT JUST KEEPS GIVING - HERE SHE FIRST BLOWS EVERY GASKET IN HER MOTOR AND THEN DOES AN AWKWARD VERSION OF HER MISS KITTY-FROM-GUNSMOKE COCKTAIL PARTY CHARADE - I DOUBT THERE HAS EVER BEFORE BEEN A PUBLIC FIGURE WITH SO MANY BIZARRE FACES - MAYBE SHE'S JUST BIZARRE? MAYBE SHE'S MAD? - AFTER ALL, SHE MARRIED BILL - COULD THESE PICTURES EXPLAIN WHY SHE USED HER PRIVATE SERVER AND CELL PHONE FOR OFFICIAL BUSINESS AS SECRETARY OF STATE?










JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: GATES - BILL'S PSEUDO-BENEVOLENCE PUBLIC-MEETING LOOK - SOME CALL IT HIS PARODY OF THE DALAI LAMA - NOTE THE WALLY CLEAVER DRESS CODE - THIS FROM A MAN WHO MADE BILLIONS SCREWING COMPETITORS AND CUSTOMERS - HIS COMPANY IS THE 2000's HI-TECH EQUIVALENT OF 1970's GENERAL MOTORS TURNING OUT BUILT-IN OBSOLESCENCE - THE FIRST COMPANY OUT OF THE GATE WITH A WINDOWS-COMPATIBLE SUBSTITUTE WILL BE TREATED AS ONE OF HUMANITY'S GREAT BENEFACTORS


JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: PSAKI - JEN HAS BEEN SPOKESPERSON BOTH FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT - ALTHOUGH NOT ONE PRESS CORPS REPORTER HAS YET DECIPHERED MUCH OF WHAT SHE'S EVER SAID - I SUPPOSE THAT COULD BE THE IDEA CONSIDERING THE POLICIES SHE SPEAKS FOR - THIS IMAGE CAUGHT HER IN ONE OF HER FREQUENT TRANCES


JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: NULAND - VICTORIA - GENUINELY SCARY INDIVIDUAL - SHE SURE SCARES THE CRAP OUT OF EUROPE WHERE HER FULL-TIME JOB IS TO VILIFY RUSSIA AND START A WAR IF POSSIBLE - BUT WE CAN THANK HER LOUD MOUTH FOR ACCIDENTALLY TELLING US HOW THE U.S. PAID FOR UKRAINE'S COUP - HER "FUCK THE EU" QUOTE WILL NOT SOON BE FORGOTTEN - SINCE SHE IS A COMPLETE FAILURE AS A DIPLOMAT, SHE COULD LOOK TO GETTING ROLES IN FILMS LIKE THE NEXT REMAKE OF "NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD"