We just want to say that if Iraqi protesters (or whoever they were) had stormed the US embassy in Baghdad while Obama, Clinton or Carter were President, the Republicans would be screaming not just to impeach but to draw and quarter. Because that's the way they are. Believe us, we know.
But on this New Year's Eve, we take a break from Trump-inspired Middle East chaos to return to the Land Down Under.
The fires that are ravaging Australia (and being ignored by the country's Conservative government) are so upsetting that we can barely think about anything else. We're clinging to stories about cyclists giving water to thirsty koalas and first responders rescuing scared possum mums and babies that they found hiding under cars. We're rooting for kangaroos who were videoed hopping en masse from the flames. We're trying not to dwell on estimates that half a billion animals have been killed.
And we're heartened by the fact that a TV host on New Year's Eve dedicated a song to hapless and evil Prime Minister Scott Morrison: "The Honeymoon Is Over." To all Australian voters: We leave Morrison's well-deserved comeuppance in your capable hands.
The 1959 film "On the Beach" portrayed Australia as the last bastion of civilization after global nuclear war. How ironic that the continent is now the harbinger of Earth's environmental doom. We cats hope that the silver lining in this very dark cloud is that Australia's Armageddon will wake people up to the threat that climate change poses to us all. Some very big changes are in store. Brace yourselves. Happy New Year.
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