It doesn’t seem like the year is over, but let’s review the almost late, not so great 2016.  We entered the year in anticipation of finally seeing the end of Il Duce Obama’s socialist workers’ paradise.  In February, I predicted that a conservative populist could win the presidency.  I had Ted Cruz in mind, but I was partially right, anyway.  Also in February in the Superbowl (that’s right Superbowl, not “the big game”), take that NFL, Denver beat the Carolina Panthers.  Peyton Manning retired from football, but he still can be heard singing on TV.  “If you thought he’d leave you’re wrong.”  The political primaries got started in February.   Bernie Sanders kept beating Hillary. Hillary got almost all the delegates.  This made us suspect misconduct by Hillary and the Democrat Party, but of course, we wouldn’t know for sure till the Media told us that Putin and his Russian comrades “hacked” the election. Thanks Vlad.  Donald Trump won most early Republican primaries, but he was just a joke right?  Ha. Ha.  Jeb Bush spent millions, got about three delegates, and immediately dropped out.  He was not missed.  A death blow to the Establishment, but we still didn’t understand what was coming.  Later in the month Antonin Scalia died, bringing to an end his almost 30 year tenure as, perhaps, one of the last constitutional originalists.  Rest in Peace Justice Scalia.  In March, Trump won big on Super Tuesday.  Other Republicans dropped out.  That’s good for Rubio and Cruz, right?  Now the voters will realize that Trump is a joke and get serious, and Trump will go away.  He really doesn’t want to be President anyway.   Or so we thought. Bernie Sanders kept winning primaries and getting almost no delegates.  If only the Russians had told us, we would have known back then that Hillary and the Democrats were crooked.  In April, Trump just kept winning primaries.  Ted Cruz dropped out, leaving me as a delegate without a candidate.  Now we’re really screwed, right?  In June, Trump and Clinton won their Parties’ nominations.  The impossible happened.  The Republican rank and file won’t support Trump and he has no turnout organization.  We’re in big trouble, right?  In July, we had the political conventions.  Trump comes out of them behind in all the polls.  We got a little respite in August.  At the Rio Olympics, Michael Phelps won almost all the medals.  Ryan Lochte won the rest, and then got famous for lying about being robbed.  Now we know it’s scandal, and not accomplishment, that’s important to the Media.  I am on a ship in Alaska when this happens, so who cares?  In September, the political campaigns got going.  Hillary collapses at a September 11 event, but there’s nothing wrong with her, right?  Trump is still behind in all the polls. WikiLeaks keeps, well, leaking hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee.  They are very embarrassing to Democrats.  They don’t deny what is being leaked is the whole truth, but they object to the fact that the revelation of the truth may affect them adversely in the election. The NFL season begins, and the Giants beat Dallas.  Good!  October arrives, and Trump remains behind in all the polls.  Hillary pillories Trump for failing to swear that he will accept the result of the election.  Only a dictator won’t accept the results she chides.  Meanwhile, a dictator, Il Duce Obama, tells Trump nobody can rig an election in America so, “get over it.”  Portending a sea change in karma, the Chicago Cubs win the World Series for the first time in 108 years.  We still don’t understand what is coming.  In November, Trump is still behind in every poll.  No commentator thinks he win, indeed, they all simply assume he already has lost.  On election night, at 5 p.m., the announcement of the exit polls seems to confirm all the polls and commentators, it looks bad for Trump.  Early the next morning, Trump wins the election, including winning Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Republicans will control the Executive and all of the Legislature.  Hillary and her cohorts become unhinged.  Trump begins to make Cabinet appointments, and the Establishments of both crooked Parties are shocked, shocked, when they realize that he actually plans to do exactly what he promised to do.  In other words, Trump told us the truth.  Hey, you can’t do that!  In the last month of the year,  the Democrats, still in denial, try recounts in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania to change the result of the election.  They prove only that they themselves cheated in Michigan.  Obama and Clinton announce “Let’s just say we lost because Russia “hacked” the election.”  To quote Woody Allen, “We could say it, I don’t know what it means, but we could say it.”  Then, the Dems try to convince Electors to abandon their pledges and elect Hillary instead.  Fat-Ass idiot Michael Moore promises to pay any fines incurred by faithless Electors, that is Electors who agree to break the law.  This is what we call in the law a solicitation to commit a series of crimes.  Some State Attorney General should throw his fat ass in jail.  Ho, Ho, Ho, Fat Boy. This doesn’t work either, and on December 19, Trump finally wins.  Two Electors in Texas voted for Ron Paul instead of Trump.  Five Electors abandoned Hillary, so the final tally was Trump 304 to Hillary 225.  More good news in 2016 – Fidel Castro finally dropped dead at age 90.  Well, they say only the good die young.  The Giants beat Dallas for the second time, and look like they will make the playoffs.  Who cares, we beat Dallas twice, so it’s a good year no matter what happens from here out.  So that’s about it for 2016.  If you weren’t happy with this year,  2017 has to be better.  Happy New Year.