Is Megan McArdle a dope?
Not sure whether it’s just me, but Megan McArdle sure seems like an enormous dope. Yet she occupies valuable real estate on the op-ed page of the Washington Post. Take, for example, her latest WaPo...
View ArticleAs Ukraine crisis unfolds, don't forget that Trump planned to withdraw U.S....
However, the Putin/Ukraine crisis plays out over the coming weeks, one thing you can bet on is that the right-wing noise machine, abetted by the corps of “serious” journalists, will do their best to...
View ArticleDisgrace: GM, Toyota, and Fiat Chrysler side with Trump on rolling back...
With impeachment and betrayal of our allies sucking up most of the news coverage, it’s easy to forget what happens when you hand power to pieces of filth and give them licence to crap all over you on a...
View ArticleFantastic, inspiring Apollo 11 presentation on Washington, D.C. mall
Last night my spouse and I had the truly memorable experience of attending the Apollo 11 50th anniversary on the Washington D.C. mall, focused on projections on the Washington monument. We were at the...
View ArticleYemen - A short fact sheet for understanding the conflict
For some holiday homework, I am trying to put together a simple fact sheet for understanding the Yemen war. I have a feeling we are going to be hearing a lot more about it in the months ahead, and it...
View ArticleEpoch Times: Midterm Election Wins Bolster Trump’s Mandate
One of the ubiquitous giveaway papers in the DC area is something called The Epoch Times. I’ve pretty much ignored it for year except when I need something to start fires or line pet cages. The...
View Article"Abolish ICE" is a terrible slogan - a loser for us both substantively and...
Sorry folks, but I have to throw this one out at you.The slogan “Abolish ICE” seems to be popping up all over the progressive left in the wake of Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez’s victory in the New York...
View ArticleSurprise! - North Korea "deal" starts to fall apart
I just want to quickly call everyone’s attention to this morning’s lead article in the Washington Post. Seems that North Korea isn’t so anxious denuclearize after all! Better put that Nobel Prize on...
View ArticleWatch Baby Rose Marie, six-year old torch singer, in this amazing early sound...
Most anyone alive today knows Rose Marie Mazetta (who died yesterday at 94) mainly from her television years on the Dick Van Dyke Show, Hollywood Squares, etc. But she had a long and storied career as...
View ArticleWhite guy kills three in Colorado Wal-Mart. Trump and media yawn.
After days of headlines over the New York tragedy, followed by the expected anti-immigrant and anti-Democrat rants from the White House, I pick up my Washington post this morning and, on page three,...
View ArticleBig rally day in DC
For readers in the Washington, DC area: Today, Saturday, September 16, will see at least three planned rallies in downtown DC.--The so-called “Mother-of-All-Rallies”— for alt-right and Trump...
View ArticleFairfax County, Virginia Voters: Be sure to VOTE tomorrow, Tuesday, August 29.
The election for an at-large member of the Fairfax County school board has taken on national implications. Special elections held at odd times like this one are the best chances of the right to sneak...
View ArticleTrump's Charlottesville Winery: He obtained it by Mafia-style extortion.
In the wake of Trump’s Armageddon of a press conference on Tuesday, in which he seemed to think he was A-OK on that Charlottesville thing since he owns a winery right nearby, I am reposting a link to a...
View ArticleTrump's Charlottesville Winery: He got it by Mafia tactics
In his jaw-dropping presser Tuesday, Trump bagged about his winery near Charlottesville. I call your attention to a fascinating piece of journalism that appeared in the November 2015 issue of...
View ArticleDC Climate March: Be aware of Metro disruptions
Just a quick tip for those in the D.C area who may be planning to attend the climate march today, April 29. As DC area residents know well, the metro system has been undergoing a disruptive series of...
View ArticleThe Wall: Anyone ever think about who owns the land?
I was delighted to pick up my Washington Post this morning and see, for the first time, a piece that homes in on the elephant in the room, re: the border wall. Who owns the land and how does the...
View ArticleHillary's biggest mistake: Accepting the job of Secretary of State
Everything becomes clear in hindsight, right? Well, one thing that is crystal clear is that Hillary Clinton made the biggest mistake of her life and career when she accepted Barack Obama’s offer of...
View ArticleObama MUST pardon Clinton for her Secstate tenure.
Republicans like Chaffetz have said that they will continue to harass Hillary Clinton with more investigations in the next Congress, and of course Donald Trump has famously promised to appoint a...
View ArticleAmerican Exceptionalism is Dead - thanks to Trump
We can thank Donald Trump for one thing — that hoary conservative cliche, American Exceptionalism, is now dead, dead, dead.The world, and history, have seen the truth. There’s nothing special about...
View ArticleHilarious Dutch satire: Don and Hillary croon together on "Time of My Life"
Some Dutch friends pointed me to this video from Lucky TV, a popular comedy website in the Netherlands associated with the VARA television network.It’s fall-out-of-your-chair hilarious. Don and...
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