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Jan 04 2019
I Want To Be A Real Boy
Faux and Fiends, Anne Coulter, and Rush Limbaugh are not the only people whispering in Unidicted Co-Conspirator Bottomless Pinocchio’s ear. Why Is Trump Spouting Russian Propaganda? by David Frum, The Atlantic Jan 3, 2019 Donald Trump convened a Cabinet meeting, at which he invited all its members to praise him for his stance on the …
Jan 03 2019
Send In The Clowns
Unidicted Co-conspirator Trump holds an impromptu (or at least unscheduled) Press Conference because he feels lonely. This is the kind of thing you won’t be seeing on MSNBC. They don’t carry them live anymore. Update: It’s always unsettling when Bill Kristol agrees with me. The general consensus is that it was entirely a stunt to …
Jan 03 2019
Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Livestream from the Well of the House- So, yay us? Nancy is a fighter, well suited to take it to Unidicted Co-conspirator Trump. There is probably no one better. The problem is that despite the constant demonization by Republicans, Pelosi is not particularly “Progressive” let alone Left. Frankly she has some very stupid ideas about …
Jan 02 2019
What’s the matter with Bibi?
The United States is not the only country with a Criminal in Chief. Benjamin Netanyahu (who just called snap elections and is favored to win) is under increasing pressure in at least 3 corruption cases and is almost certainly guilty. Vox has a summary. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu could be indicted. Here’s what you need …
Jan 02 2019
What Are You Going To Do? Assemble A Cabinet At Them?
Today Unindicted Co-conspirator Trump is holding 2 big meetings. The second one is the Group of Eight meeting with the Democratic and Republican leaders of the House and Senate. It’s the one people have been talking about because it’s being held in the high security Situation Room instead of one of the more usual spaces. …
Jan 01 2019
House
Marching Bands. Sigh. Yeah, done my time. Trumpet and middle range Brass were my go-to musical weapons of choice, I never had to learn anything except March and Snap and Swing. As an act of unmerited spite, I urged my cousin to take up drums and to compound the crime this ek’smas. I also urged …
Jan 01 2019
That Flower Thing
I want to say that the Rose Parade is about the only nationally televised one I haven’t come to at least temporarily despise. Macy’s is Show Tunes (not that there’s anything wrong with Show Tunes), Commercials, and Big Balloons. Well, we have Big Balloons in Stamford Connecticut too and like many New York City rituals …
Dec 31 2018
A Year In CP Time
One of the reasons why I no longer do Sausage Grinder of Snark is that I think the site runs at a quite sprightly pace, seldom are there more than yesterday’s and today’s posts on the page (unless you push ‘Fetch More’ or shop the Most Recent List which goes back about a week), TMC …
Dec 31 2018
Year In Review
Perhaps you’re looking for something introspective and deep but it’s a bad time of year for that. Concentrating on the futility of the past is contraindicated for me my Therapist says, instead I should focus on the future. Which… is bleak. I expect the enormous criminality of Republicans both in policy and personally to be …