I went to her, sat close beside her and tried snuggling up a little. It worked. . . . I can get them, I said just as flannel-mouthed as ever I could, like all of us talked to her now.

The recent volatility has come with the S&P 500 hovering just above bear market territory, or a 20 percent drop from its most recent high.

With the exception of the trigger mechanism and spring, the pistol was made entirely out of flat black plastic and looked very much like a small buttless sawed-off shotgun.

Our media is so punch-drunk from the 16-month Hindenburg explosion of Trump’s candidacy, they no longer notice how awful he is unless he hulks out on stage or grabs the foundational principles of our republic by the pussy.