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Aug 18 2018
Cupcake Cafe Deficit
What can I say? The whole Ellis Island thing for my Grandpa. The rest is Scots/English/German. We are exceptional. Notes on a Butter Republic By Paul Krugman, The New York TimesAug. 5, 2018 During the creation of the first global economy, the one made possible by railroads, steamships, and telegraphs, the world seemed to bifurcate …
Aug 16 2018
All In The Family
Where are these guys from again? Queens? Lara Trump is a former story coordinator and producer for Inside Edition. She is married to Eric, the “dumb” one who was not quite dumb enough to schedule a meeting with half the KGB and go bragging about it in his email. Dummy is as dummy do. Tapes? …
Aug 16 2018
The Future Is On The March!
I’m talking fascism of course Top Chef Musical Guest! I run a lot of miles of life and crime Of mountain climbs and quittin’ times Packing that load of lyin’ rhymes And tired jokes and wooden dimes I’ve been everybody’s friend, everybody’s friend I could lose my house, I could steal a car I could …
Aug 16 2018
Cartnoon
Jenny Nicholson The Screenslaver interrupts this program for an important announcement. Don’t bother watching the rest. Elastigirl doesn’t save the day; she only postpones her defeat. And while she postpones her defeat, you eat chips and watch her invert problems that you are too lazy to deal with. Superheroes are part of a brainless desire …
Aug 15 2018
“Why Don’t They Eat Meat?”
Atrributions to Marie Antoinette and Marie-Thérèse are disputed but there can be no doubt that The Book of Jin chronicles that Emperor Hui in the late 4th Century (C.E.) when told that there was no rice and his subjects starving, had this sentiment. Stop being so Eurocentric. Trump’s ex-campaign manager cites traffic stop in a …
Aug 15 2018
No Defense
Paul Manafort is a bad person (Don Jr. too). What Is a Direct Object? The direct object of a verb is the thing being acted upon as opposed to the actor. The Book No, not that one, The Briefing.
Aug 02 2018
Financial Park
Ok, so maybe taking the DNA of the greatest economic predators of the Reagan era and cloning their steroid and coke addled replicants as freeks and geeks for a dystopian 80s themed carnival was not such an outstanding business concept as I thought it was, at least I cured boneitis. Ok, so maybe I didn’t …
Aug 02 2018
Last Night On ‘Painfully Obvious Questions’
Why is it always about bees? When did that stop being funny? It’s both homophobic and a rape fantasy at the same time! Rational Thinking, Optional You know, like those ‘naughty’ Mediterranean sea sides. Other Things To Do With Russian Billions
Aug 01 2018
Wannabe
Ok, so $15,000 for a ostrich jacket (sigh, Gingham). First of all it’s not a lot for ostrich- Paul Manafort’s $15,000 jacket? That’s nothing, says ostrich expert by Luke O’Neil, The Guardian Wed 1 Aug 2018 On Tuesday the trial for Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s campaign manager, began in Alexandria, Virginia. Facing a bevy of …