Just in time for Christmas! Get `em while they're hot!

Assiduous readers will know that Walt is a hyuge fan of President Donald J. Trump. Hyuge. No-one else could have done what he did in the last decade, i.e. turn American politics upside down and give the conservative, America first movement new life. Good on yer, sir!

However... as I suggested in "As Georgia goes, so goes the nation" (WWW 7/12/22), it may be time for The Donald to throw his hat out of the ring and make way for a Republican candidate who can (without abandoning conservative principles) bring in some of the Democrats and independents [like Krysten Sinema! Ed.] who are fed up with Brandon's new, woke America. 

Having declared his candidacy for reelection in 2024, the chances of President Trump withdrawing appear to be slim and none. Especially today, now that he has launched his own exclusive digital trading cards. 

This morning, less than 24 hours after the launch, the Collect Trump Cards website claimed all of the cards had sold out!

Announcing his latest self-promotion, Mr Trump wrote, "These limited edition cards feature amazing ART of my Life & Career!" He likened the cards -- which are also NFTs (non-fungible tokens) to baseball cards

There are 45 different cards currently available [or not. Ed.], a nod to The Donald's tenure as "#45" -- the 45th president of the Excited States of America. The cards include depictions of Mr Trump as a cowboy, and giving the raised fist salute in front of Mount Rushmore.

Earlier this week, President Trump posted a 15-second video in which he said, "America needs a superhero." And there he is, in full Captain America regalia, complete with a "T" on his manly chest. On the official Collect Trump Cards website, Mr Trump refers to himself as "hopefully your favorite president of all time; better than Lincoln; better than Washington." 

Well... "hopefully" says all ye know and all ye need to know. Seems to Walt that President Trump really believes his own stuff, the way a WWE does when he steps into the squared circle. It's good to believe in yourself, but better not to delude yourself.

Note from Ed.: Walt uses the term (NFT)  as if we all know what it means. For those who don't, a non-fungible token is a unique digital identifier that cannot be copied, substituted, or subdivided, that is recorded in a blockchain, and that is used to certify authenticity and ownership. The ownership of an NFT is recorded in the blockchain and can be transferred by the owner, allowing NFTs to be sold and traded. NFTs can be created by anybody, and require few or no coding skills to create. NFTs typically contain references to digital files such as photos, videos, and audio. Because NFTs are uniquely identifiable assets, they differ from cryptocurrencies, which are fungible. Got it? You're welcome.

VIDEO: The story of the Super Guppy

Our dear sponsor has been doing a brisk business selling vintage airliner postcards, highly collectible items for people with an abiding interest in aviation. (Hello, Agent 17!) He just sold a nice card showing the Aero Spacelines B377SG Super Guppy, N1038V.

Ed. [who shares the same interest. Ed.] found this video, "The Aero Spacelines Pregnant Guppy". The introduction to the video says: As the US honed in on what it hoped would be its notable first in manned space exploration, a problem arose that required a unique solution. Surprisingly, the answer to this problem of cutting edge technology turned out to be an obsolete piece of equipment that came as the result of the vision of a daring private entrepreneur, with the help of a few two-by-fours. 

   

Hope you enjoyed that. It's a nice change from politics and religion. But don't worry. We'll come back down to the ground later today.

Collectible airliner postcards now featured on our sponsor's Webstore

Our dear sponsor, who slips us a fiver now and then so we can eat, is now featuring collectible airliner postcards on his webstore. Collecting these was a big deal in the late 20th century, when airlines used to hand them out as little gifts to passsengers, and airports and other collectibles stores had large displays of the large variety of airlines, aircraft and paint schemes seen around the world in those days. 

Here's a sample from our sponsor's new listings:

FLYING SIMPSONS Airliner Postcard - unused, excellent condition - ONLY $1

SPECIAL OFFER to introduce my huge collection of airliner postcards, all to be listed on this site within the next few weeks. 

"THE FLYING SIMPSONS", 6" X 4" postcard, published in Czech Republic, showing Western Pacific Airlines B737-3K9, at LAX 5/96. Unused, clean and fresh, excellent condition. Very collectible. ONLY $1 plus S&H! 

How can ya lose? Tell `em Walt sent ya!

We appreciate our sponsors! (UPDATED)

Ed. here. We've been blogging, here on WWW, for over 12 years. (How time flies when you're having fun!) We've never asked for donations, and the money we earn from the interstitial ads (which are inserted by Google, not approved or endorsed by Walt!) amounts to about $4 per year. Not even enough for a beer.

Yet, even though we don't get paid, and work from Walt's cabin in the pines, it costs us something -- more than $4 -- to keep this blog going. Think of the retainer we have to pay our legal beagle, and the expense of enteratining Poor Len Canayen! And of course gasoline for the Prius, for times when there's no electricity. 

So we are grateful to the handful of readers who send us a couple of bucks, every now and then, to keep us from having to ask for help from Those Who Control the Media. One way in which we can show our appreciation of our sponsors is to give a punt to their business or other endeavours. So today we'd like you to know about a sale being run on Webstore, featuring

NATIONAL LAMPOON, "The Humor Magazine"

Issue No. 1 (pictured centre) is sold, but dozens of issues from May 1970 to December 1977 are for sale now (offers welcome), with more coming. With one or two exceptions, prices are $5.00 or less (plus S&H). Visit our sponsor's store, to see the latest listings. When you buy, tell `em Walt sent ya!