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Jul 31 2017
Feckless In D.C.: Women’s Rights Don’t Matter To Democratic Party Leadership
There are people who think I don’t say enough positive things about Democrats and that might be true under some definitions of “enough”. The truth is that I think the vast majority of the self serving Villager “elite” are credentialed morons and have an agenda that benefits them and their sponsors personally at the expense …
Jul 29 2017
Infrastructure
On the other hand, plenty of money for projects like this- Or maybe not so much. Government Shutdown Odds Grow With GOP Border Wall Funding Bill by Erik Wasson and Roxana Tiron, Bloomberg News July 25, 2017 House Republicans this week are increasing the possibility of a government shutdown in October by moving forward …
Jul 28 2017
Good Mother
Honest. Three of them. No I didn’t forget any letters. While we are an adult site that discusses adult topics we are on the internet and anyone can read including my cousin’s two young sons who already think I’m some kind of weird monster. Deja Vu Tainted Love The Profit Parenting Skills Trump Positive I’m …
Jul 28 2017
Obvious Anagram Out!
Erstwhile?! Did I get fired while I wasn’t watching TV to learn about it? Darn that Twitter! Reince Priebus has been unceremoniously cashiered (of course via Twitter) as White House Chief of Staff and replaced by Marine Corps General John Francis Kelly (formerly of Homeland Security). What does it mean? Probably that there is more …
Jul 28 2017
The Big Fail
So Skinny goes down, 51 – 49. Murkowski, Collins, and surprisingly McCain. Is it dead yet? Because I am naturally cautious and have experienced too many Zombie Resurrections I’m not quite ready to declare Trumpcare staked, decapitated with a mouthful of garlic, pumped with a clip of silver bullets, dissolved in a vat of Holy …
Jul 27 2017
The Trumpcare Play
Remember, our sites deal in only the most scurrilous rumors and speculation. By necessity this post is kind of sketchy because at this point there is no Bill. Now the grand plan is transparent- bulldoze through whatever will pass and toss it to the House/Senate Conference Committee so that they can, in secret, produce something …
Jul 27 2017
Rattle Shaking Shamen
This particular piece by the inestimable Dean Baker is about Economics but could just as easily apply to any other form of Academic Credentialism. How about a little accountability for economists when they mess up? Dean Baker, The Guardian Thursday 27 July 2017 Suppose our fire department was staffed with out-of-shape incompetents who didn’t know …
Jul 27 2017
About That Recess Appointment
Maybe not so much. While in Robert’s Rules a “Motion to Adjourn” is always in order (meaning it can be brought forward at any time), is undebatable, and requires a mere majority, the Senate Rules are different and, technically, we’re talking about a recess, not adjournment which would effectively end the current session of Congress …
Jul 26 2017
Subway
So I know this guy who actually owns a modestly large network of stores (I also know his IT guy who, in the context I’m about to discuss, is a much bigger deal but not relevant). He was my boss one year in this rather large but temporary project I was involved with annually for …
Jul 25 2017
Show the respect, will ya?
And Balding High Forehead Spice doesn’t even get the quality time at Kennebunkport.
Jul 25 2017
The Legend Of El Campeador
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar was a Castilian nobleman and military leader in medieval Spain. … He rose to become the commander and royal standard-bearer (armiger regis) of Castile upon Sancho’s ascension in 1065. Rodrigo went on to lead the Castilian military campaigns against Sancho’s brothers, Alfonso VI of León and García II of Galicia, as …