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May 13 2017
Follow The Money
It can not be good news for The Donald that this early in the investigations of his Administration Congressional, Department of Justice, and FBI investigators are heeding the advice of “Deep Throat” and following the money. I don’t have great faith that any of those institutions will lay a glove on him as long as …
May 09 2017
Good Riddance To Bad Rubbish
Comey’s Testimony on Huma Abedin Forwarding Emails Was Inaccurate by Peter Elkind, ProPublica May 8, 2017, 10:39 p.m. FBI officials have privately acknowledged that Comey misstated what Abedin did and what the FBI investigators found. On Monday, the FBI was said to be preparing to correct the record by sending a letter to Congress later …
May 09 2017
The Happy Warrior
Gee, wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could vote for a genuinely nice person who cares about you and your needs and making the world a better place for everybody, not just finding ways for their Billionaire Donors to rip you off and make your life miserable? Why not vote for “good” instead of “lesser”? …
May 08 2017
The Democratic Magic Asterisk
Democrats, to the extent they endorse Neo Liberal Economic Policy, are no less committed to stealing from the 99% for the benefit of Billionaires than Republicans are. If you’re one of the fortunate few on whom that has no negative effect AND you care about discrimination and bigotry (and I would posit a majority of …
May 06 2017
Triple Crown: The Longest 2 Minutes In Sports
This was no ordinary homecoming. This was a do-or-die attempt to lay the ghost of years of rejection from the horse-rearing elite and the literati who sat in those privileged boxes overlooking the track and those unprivileged craven hordes who grovelled around the centre-field where he had suffered as a boy. The clubhouse as I …
May 06 2017
A Bollard Wall
A bollard is a short vertical post notably unconnected from any adjacent posts posing no physical barrier to human transit at all. It’s used to control vehicles. The funny part is that the “reporter” who gave Spicer grief on the issue is from Breitbart.
May 05 2017
Cinco de Mayo
Reprinted from 5/5/2012 The name simply means “The Fifth of May” and it’s an oddly U.S. American holiday. Except in the State of Puebla they don’t much celebrate the victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla in Mexico which makes it much more like Patriot’s Day that we here in New England get …
May 04 2017
May The 4th
As your friendly neighborhood pop culture maven I’ve assigned myself the Star Wars beat and I’ll start with this controversial assertion- it ain’t all that. Now at the time Star Wars (A New Hope? What, did Greedo suddenly shoot first?) came out it was really exciting. There hadn’t been a big science fiction blockbuster since …
May 02 2017
Trumpcare 3.0ver
So the math goes something like this as near as I can figure it. There are 435 seats in the House of Representatives 4 of which are currently unfilled bringing the total to 431. This makes a majority of 50% + 1 == 216. There are 238 Republican members which means they can lose only …
May 01 2017
I Should Be On Strike
I apologize to my readers and other contributors, it’s just that some days come with higher than usual eye gouging content than the norm and since I’m scheduled with a licensed Retinologist (is that even a word?) on Wednesday when he can use a professional melon baller I find myself disposed to express my outrage …
May 01 2017
Loyalty Day
(O)bserved on May 1 in the United States. It is a day set aside for the reaffirmation of loyalty to the United States and for the recognition of the heritage of American freedom. The holiday was first observed in 1921, during the First Red Scare. It was originally called “Americanization Day,” and it was intended …