We’ve emerged into a bold new post-truth era. Donald Trump is president-elect, despite a campaign that featured an absolute blizzard of untruths (and 2.5 million fewer votes). The CIA says Russian intelligence sought to influence the election, and the PEOTUS attacks ... the CIA. The Weird has awoken and is demanding its due.
Tonight, the Seattle Sounders acted out further evidence of the ever-increasing oddity of things, somehow eking out an MLS Cup victory over homestanding Toronto FC without registering even a single shot, much less on goal. Nil-nil A.E.T. (4-5) to summarize 120 minutes of desperately clawing and fouling each other in the pristine Toronto tundra?