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May 22 2017
Gleiwitz
On the night of August 31st – September 1st, 1939 Nazis (real actual factual members of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei) took several concentration camp prisoners and one Silesian farmer with pro-Polish sympathies arrested the day before and murdered them after a short broadcast in Polish to make it appear as if there had been a …
May 21 2017
Litterbox Liner
So TMC has kitties. I’m sure this shocking revelation surprises only our most casual readers. Now kitties are wonderful companions and those who claim that they don’t show affection or are untrainable don’t know them very well, though it is fair to say that if they were bigger they would eat you. One of the …
May 20 2017
Triple Crown: The Middle Child
I was wrong, this is the most racist theme song of the Triple Crown- Maryland, My Maryland The despot’s heel is on thy shore, Maryland! His torch is at thy temple door, Maryland! Avenge the patriotic gore That flecked the streets of Baltimore, And be the battle queen of yore, Maryland! My Maryland! Hark to …
May 20 2017
Get your score cards!
Can’t tell the players without a score card! This summary is extensively re-written but it’s based on Recapping a stunningly bad two weeks for the Trump White House by Philip Bump of the Washington Post. 12 Days In May Monday, May 8– Former acting attorney general Sally Yates testifies before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee that …
May 19 2017
The Master and The Student
Stockton– Richard Nixon is gone now, and I am poorer for it. He was the real thing — a political monster straight out of Grendel and a very dangerous enemy. He could shake your hand and stab you in the back at the same time. He lied to his friends and betrayed the trust of …
May 18 2017
Beware The ‘Gifts’ Of The Jinn
Otherwise known as Genies your wish, as they say, is their command. The results are seldom satisfying and often self destructive. This piece has some “category errors” (h/t Lambert). The Institutional Democratic Party is hardly any definition of “progressive” and certainly is not representative of “The Left”. There is apparently little or no interest at …
May 18 2017
Brazil Part 2
It’s a metaphor. Brazil Sinks Deeper Into Political Crisis by Rachel Gamarski, Simone Preissler Iglesias, and Samy Adghirni, Bloomberg News May 18, 2017, 12:50 PM EDT Brazil’s political crisis deepened on Thursday as government allies began openly discussing scenarios for the replacement of embattled President Michel Temer. Brazilians watched in shock as federal police carried …
May 16 2017
I Know Erick Erickson
Well, kinda sorta. I’ve only ever been banished from 2 blogs (Open Left and dK, one of them twice) and surprisingly both of them were Institutional Democratic ones that considered themselves “progressive”. More progressive than Blue Dogs maybe but not much more than that. I of course am a lefty, probably to the left of …
May 15 2017
Mr. Bucksbaum
Thomas Friedman Shows Yet Again the Economy Still Has Good Paying Jobs for People Without Skills by Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research 11 May 2017 The people who run the economy have really screwed it up over the last four decades from the standpoint of ordinary workers. This is a bipartisan issue, …
May 15 2017
Comey, Republicans, and New Zealand
Oh, and the web exclusive- ‘Follow Up On Net Neutrality’ Comey and Republicans New Zealand Net Neutrality
May 14 2017
The Man In The Tin Foil Hat
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are thou amongst woman, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners. No happy about it though I hope it amuses. I’m a stone cold atheist but I was raised Methodist not Catholic. I’d …
May 14 2017
Happy Mother’s Day
A DocuDharma tradition now on The Stars Hollow Gazette I tease my mother by calling her Emily after Emily Gilmore both because overall my family reminds me very much of the Gilmores and because she’s never met a brand name she didn’t like whereas I’m perfectly content to buy generic. I thank her among many …