Handy Political Definitions

 From the Halfwise Dictionary:

REPUBLIC: A state in which supreme power belongs to the public and to elected politicians and to anyone who has enough money to corrupt the system.

ELECTION: An institutionalized system of voting for candidates to fill political offices according to their apparent powerfulness and warmth.

POLITICAL PLATFORM: A political party's version of creative writing.

PRESIDENT: The country's scapegoat.

MEDIOCRACY: A government system in which the media tells people for whom to vote, calls the winners of elections, and otherwise takes authority over the democratic voting process, which often occurs through emotional manipulation, shaming, and other similar techniques.  To be distinguished from MEDIOCRITY.

Face Mask

It has come to my attention that in the present pandemic situation it may be in the best interests of the public for all to wear face masks, a perspective that I had found rather depressing except for the one lovely idea I ran across somewhere about it now being publicly acceptable to go into a bank wearing a mask and demand money.

I haven't attempted that yet.

I have, though, done much thinking on the wearing of masks.  Because I have been so completely quarantined it seems a bit superfluous to go to the effort of putting a bit of cloth over my face and pretending it solves the current issue.  However, should the state decide to mandate face masks when going out in public, I suppose I really must comply.

Should that eventuality come to pass, I want you to know that I've got it covered: