We really do live in the worst possible timeline of the multiverse. We have (a) an insane leader who controls the world’s largest military and is surrounded by a group of hate-filled sociopaths, and (b) a UK basketball team that is pathetic. I need no further proof.

The UK hoops game last night was pathetic. From A Sea of Blue:

Leading 66-58 with 4:34 to play, that’s a game, at home, you have to close out. Plain and simple. Instead, Kentucky did everything you could possibly do to lose a game. Defensive breakdowns, turnovers, bad shots, missed shots, everything.

It was ugly, again. This season is over, a dead team walking. Another year trashed for fans.

And on the political front, what can you say? ICE just killed an innocent woman, straight-up executed her in broad daylight, and everyone in charge is gaslighting us with stories that in no way resemble the reality we all can see on video. No shame, no truth, no accountability. We’re now living as hostages to a hostile government.

And the outrages are accelerating. Every day there’s a dozen stories of how this government is making life worse for everyone. We’re getting numb to the horror, but it’s real, it’s ongoing and eventually it’s going to affect all of us, personally. Just like it did for that poor woman in Minneapolis yesterday.

I’m *really* glad I didn’t take the pledge for a dry January. Mind altering substances are needed to get through these times.