Song of the Day 6/10: Tom Lehrer, “Send the Marines”

Of course Donald Trump sent the marines to Los Angeles. What’s left of his mind was formed by the same John Wayne films Tom Lehrer cited when he wrote this back in 1965, after LBJ used them to intervene in the Dominican civil war. Of course, that was when we only used them in foreign countries.

You can tell what secure alpha males these tough guys these MAGAts are by how they overreact like panicky children. Every provocation must be met with maximum force – this time, because some cars were set on fire. Won’t someone think of the machines? Send the marines!