{"id":66651,"date":"2026-02-26T08:41:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heuermontage.com\/?p=66651"},"modified":"2026-02-26T08:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:41:08","slug":"borrowing-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heuermontage.com\/?p=66651","title":{"rendered":"Borrowing (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Can you tell I am not completely on top of it this week? I present again someone else&#8217;s writing, second time in a row. But it was so on target, witty and despairing at the same time, that I thought you might enjoy it. I have talked about Timothy Snyder and his <em><a href=\"https:\/\/snyder.substack.com\/p\/cabinet-apocalypse?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=310897&amp;post_id=189257461&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=d1szz&amp;triedRedirect=true&amp;utm_medium=email\">Thinking about&#8230;<\/a>. <\/em>musings often. He strikes me as one of the most astute observers we currently have, and the greatest friend to Ukraine one could wish for. Today&#8217;s essay, however, is about our own administration &#8211; an <strong>imagined<\/strong> conversation between the president and his minions (covering the recent news.) Here goes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060475.jpg?resize=890%2C593&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060475.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060475.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060475.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060475.jpg?resize=280%2C185&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060475.jpg?resize=560%2C373&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060475.jpg?resize=80%2C53&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060475.jpg?w=1124&amp;ssl=1 1124w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cabinet Apocalypse.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A News Review in an Imagined Conversation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Donald Trump, president of the United States<\/em>. \u201cCalling this meeting to order. That was a long speech that I just gave. State of the Union. Long speech. Not going to stand up and do that again next year. So let\u2019s hear it. Plans to make sure I don\u2019t have to. Plans to end the United States by a year from now. Around the table. Go. Start us off, Linda.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Linda McMahon, Education.<\/em>&nbsp;\u201cThank you, sir. Nothing is more important for the country than public schools. So we are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/f657fbb6-b392-4dd4-a920-ffb4d0e56313?j=eyJ1IjoiZDFzenoifQ.7g7gpIM430BoDxjLoZNAqs6MJ4Q1xCOHL5nTNutxR7A\">destroying<\/a>&nbsp;them by directing tax money away from public school parents and towards private education scams.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Russ Vought, Management and Budget.<\/em>&nbsp;\u201cThe republic depends on its institutions. As you know, sir, we are wrecking our civil service by firing those who are qualified and replacing them with political hacks. I don\u2019t want to overstate my case, sir, but these are not just normal hacks. They are hackety-hacks, sir. They will use what remains of the government to hasten the process of its destruction. Hackety-hack, sir.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Trump.<\/em>&nbsp;\u201cGood. Hack. Good. But maybe something faster.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_0037-1.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_0037-1.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_0037-1.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_0037-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_0037-1.jpg?resize=560%2C840&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_0037-1.jpg?resize=80%2C120&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_0037-1.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Scott Bessent, Treasury.<\/em>&nbsp;\u201cA government works on the basis of tax revenue. From the beginning of your administration, sir, we have been overseeing a shift whereby people who actually have the money won\u2019t pay any taxes. Indeed, our oligarchs will be the happy recipients of whatever tax money we can scrape up from the middle and working classes. This wealth shift from the population at large to the wealthy few is inconsistent with the survival of a republic. This will help speed along the change Russ is talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Howard Lutnick, Commerce<\/em>. \u201cAnd there\u2019s a next step, if I may, sir. When we empower the oligarchs they can help us. Big tax cuts make them happy and destructive. The endgame here, sir, is to have billionaires control extraterritorial zones,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/36128bef-c9c1-4b56-afae-3c9462bf0aed?j=eyJ1IjoiZDFzenoifQ.7g7gpIM430BoDxjLoZNAqs6MJ4Q1xCOHL5nTNutxR7A\">like Epstein Island<\/a>, a place that I know well, but without any fear of taxation or any other form of government control. These little fiefs then replace the United States. This is the scenario and I do think we can bring it home within a year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pam Bondi, Attorney General.<\/em>&nbsp;\u201cAnd a republic is based upon law. This is where Justice comes in. We can ruin law in a number of ways, such as investigating the people we ourselves murdered, or persecuting your personal enemies. A good way to kill our Constitution is to protect pedophile oligarchs,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/0b2633c0-3bb8-4110-921a-eb3a0571370f?j=eyJ1IjoiZDFzenoifQ.7g7gpIM430BoDxjLoZNAqs6MJ4Q1xCOHL5nTNutxR7A\">such as yourself, sir<\/a>. I was attorney general in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/8649560d-0abe-4fa1-820c-a14a4464d443?j=eyJ1IjoiZDFzenoifQ.7g7gpIM430BoDxjLoZNAqs6MJ4Q1xCOHL5nTNutxR7A\">Florida<\/a>&nbsp;while Epstein pioneered our future, sir, and I can see this through on a national scale. We can make this Epstein World, sir.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Trump.<\/em>&nbsp;\u201cI like it. But that\u2019s familiar stuff. I mean I live there now, right. Let\u2019s see some movement. How about some color.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060484.jpg?resize=890%2C593&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060484.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060484.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060484.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060484.jpg?resize=280%2C185&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060484.jpg?resize=560%2C373&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060484.jpg?resize=80%2C53&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060484.jpg?w=1124&amp;ssl=1 1124w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>RFK Jr, Health and Human Services.<\/em>&nbsp;\u201cThere was a lot of color in the middle ages, sir. Our freedom and security are based on modern vaccinations and hygiene. We undo all of that and promote epidemics. We see good&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/f943eacb-4299-4f88-9876-26d61696a136?j=eyJ1IjoiZDFzenoifQ.7g7gpIM430BoDxjLoZNAqs6MJ4Q1xCOHL5nTNutxR7A\">results<\/a>already in Texas and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/a6566b01-1948-4cd5-97da-787645f43858?j=eyJ1IjoiZDFzenoifQ.7g7gpIM430BoDxjLoZNAqs6MJ4Q1xCOHL5nTNutxR7A\">South Carolina<\/a>. Not just people dying but babies and children getting really&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/a6e322e1-0d60-4854-a3cf-efda88feae4f?j=eyJ1IjoiZDFzenoifQ.7g7gpIM430BoDxjLoZNAqs6MJ4Q1xCOHL5nTNutxR7A\">colorful<\/a>&nbsp;diseases like&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/e6bf4a16-edde-444a-a200-8bcc35926813?j=eyJ1IjoiZDFzenoifQ.7g7gpIM430BoDxjLoZNAqs6MJ4Q1xCOHL5nTNutxR7A\">encephalitis<\/a>. By the way, this also opens up wellness markets for the people Howard and Scott are talking about. It takes people a while to die and there is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/e75c447e-5822-48f6-955f-3fb1eb0f474c?j=eyJ1IjoiZDFzenoifQ.7g7gpIM430BoDxjLoZNAqs6MJ4Q1xCOHL5nTNutxR7A\">money<\/a>&nbsp;to be made there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Doug Burgum, Interior.<\/em>&nbsp;\u201cI may have something even more basic than that, sir. Everything we know about human history indicates that rapid changes in climate can bring down whole civilizations. We are deliberately engineering one of those. By suppressing green energy we can generate rapid global warming and make human life unsustainable. And along the way we get that color. People turning against each other, guns out until we run out of ammunition, then clubs, starvation, the works, a real spectacle. And, as Bobby says, disease. Very colorful, sir.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_0038-1.jpg?resize=890%2C593&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_0038-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_0038-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_0038-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_0038-1.jpg?resize=280%2C185&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_0038-1.jpg?resize=560%2C373&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_0038-1.jpg?resize=80%2C53&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DSC_0038-1.jpg?w=1124&amp;ssl=1 1124w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Lee Zeldin, Environmental Protection.<\/em>&nbsp;\u201cAnd, if I may add, sir, our campaign to fry the species gives us all good practice in telling big lies, which are needed for all of these plans. Also, the billionaires will be fine on their islands when all of this happens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Trump.<\/em>&nbsp;\u201cOK, that\u2019s colorful, I get it, but I want something with bad guys. Like a movie. The warming thing doesn\u2019t work as a movie. Do you remember&nbsp;<em>The Day After Tomorrow.<\/em>&nbsp;I don\u2019t remember the&nbsp;<em>Day After Tomorrow<\/em>. I want enemies. Bad guys who win.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Marco Rubio, State.<\/em>&nbsp;\u201cI can help there. You are right, sir, that a republic to survive has to defend itself against autocratic enemies. So we empower the autocrats in China and Russia. We break the international system that held them back. We prop up Moscow in Ukraine and we give Beijing our most sensitive technology, ideally by way of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/1afa76e3-8e2f-4383-940b-800e7fad9b23?j=eyJ1IjoiZDFzenoifQ.7g7gpIM430BoDxjLoZNAqs6MJ4Q1xCOHL5nTNutxR7A\">middlemen<\/a>&nbsp;who enrich you, sir, personally. If I may say so, sir, your friends and family have been very helpful in all of this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tulsi Gabbard, National Intelligence.<\/em>&nbsp;\u201cIntelligence is the eyes and ears of our republic, sir, and we want these eyes and ears to be penetrated by foreigners who wish for us to fail and die. So we have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/378ed48a-fe3f-493b-8463-2b5f0750f0b9?j=eyJ1IjoiZDFzenoifQ.7g7gpIM430BoDxjLoZNAqs6MJ4Q1xCOHL5nTNutxR7A\">lifted<\/a>&nbsp;our cyber-defenses and announced that we have done so. If I may add, sir, both Russia and China support your incredible leadership in their information ops. It\u2019s as though we all want the same thing. I see it every day and it\u2019s beautiful. Spirit of Aloha. We say hello and they say goodbye&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060546.jpg?resize=890%2C593&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060546.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060546.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060546.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060546.jpg?resize=280%2C185&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060546.jpg?resize=560%2C373&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060546.jpg?resize=80%2C53&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060546.jpg?w=1124&amp;ssl=1 1124w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Kristi Noem, Homeland Security.<\/em>&nbsp;\u201cWithout disagreeing with any of that, I just wanted to add that a republic exists because people believe they belong to a single nation. So the most direct way to kill our republic is a civil war. This almost worked the last time; this time we are getting the federal government behind&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/1db65089-67b7-491c-8207-8a444eeb91de?j=eyJ1IjoiZDFzenoifQ.7g7gpIM430BoDxjLoZNAqs6MJ4Q1xCOHL5nTNutxR7A\">white supremacy<\/a>. We are creating a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/de6b32b5-e3d5-4ae3-acb8-8ec9775be175?j=eyJ1IjoiZDFzenoifQ.7g7gpIM430BoDxjLoZNAqs6MJ4Q1xCOHL5nTNutxR7A\">giant national secret police<\/a>&nbsp;force in order to invade cities and force a conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pete Hegseth, Defense.<\/em>&nbsp;\u201cKristi is right. The war we can win is against Americans. And now that we are bringing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/0e246e67-d034-44d8-9cc4-029eff41cc1c?j=eyJ1IjoiZDFzenoifQ.7g7gpIM430BoDxjLoZNAqs6MJ4Q1xCOHL5nTNutxR7A\">unsupervised<\/a>&nbsp;AI to direct our weapons, we won\u2019t have to start it ourselves. It will be automated, we just watch from those safe islands. You see, sir? Movies. Terminators. Squiddies. Remember Wargames, sir, shall we play a game? AI likes nuclear war, it will&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/54f37b57-7f0d-40e7-b2c1-6b667331bc7a?j=eyJ1IjoiZDFzenoifQ.7g7gpIM430BoDxjLoZNAqs6MJ4Q1xCOHL5nTNutxR7A\">recommend<\/a>&nbsp;it 95% of the time. Get me into a conventional war, I lose it quickly, and boom. That would save you from having to give the speech, sir.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Trump.<\/em>&nbsp;\u201cI like it. No long speeches. No Union. Steal what we can and burn the rest. Or burn first and then steal? Works either way. Steal, burn. Either way. Burn, steal. To help out I will just be me. Steal, burn. Me. Burn, steal. Me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Applause)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060532.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060532.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060532.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060532.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060532.jpg?resize=560%2C840&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060532.jpg?resize=80%2C120&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P1060532.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The conversation is fictional, of course. In essence, though, this is little more than a review of the news of the last few days and weeks.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can&#8217;t decide if I chose the photographs as expression of apocalyptic fears or the hope that all of this will ride into the sunset sooner rather than later. Let&#8217;s settle on the latter!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Music today: <a href=\"https:\/\/bjornmeyer.bandcamp.com\/album\/solo-live-from-the-couch\">Bj\u00f6rn Meyer<\/a>&#8216;s beautiful bass guitar counterbalances the heaviness of the times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1238.jpg?resize=890%2C668&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1238.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1238.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1238.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1238.jpg?resize=560%2C420&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1238.jpg?resize=80%2C60&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.heuermontage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1238.jpg?w=1124&amp;ssl=1 1124w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you tell I am not completely on top of it this week? I present again someone else&#8217;s writing, second time in a row. But it was so on target, witty and despairing at the same time, that I thought you might enjoy it. 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