Back spasms
I’ve had a bad back for over 30 years. Bad backs run in my family, and despite general athleticism (or maybe because of it?) three out of the four members of my family had serious and chronic disc problems and … Continue reading →
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The nature of the present-day Congress
From commenter “Snow on Pine” a few weeks ago: It seems to me that Congress has gone so far off the rails that it no longer really represents the people–no more traditional “regular order” budgets, no major bi-partisan legislation of … Continue reading →
What Kamala and Beto have in common
Neither is going to be the Democratic nominee. But they each had their day in the sun as the darling of the MSM and the person who was going to rise to the top. The media is so eager to … Continue reading →
“Thank God for the Deep State!” says a denizen of the deep
A lot of people have opined about this comment by former acting director of the CIA John McLaughlin: McLaughlin embraced the term when asked during an event with other former intelligence officials whether a CIA whistleblower complaint that sparked an … Continue reading →
Beto…
…we hardly knew ya [typos corrected in the following quote]: Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke is dropping out of the 2020 presidential race, according to a report by the New York Times. The Times is reporting that O’Rourke had planned … Continue reading →
Trolls and the Times
One of the most popular devices used by propagandists is the selected misleading quote. I’ve seen the method used so often that it can be called standard operating procedure. It’s not limited to the left – you can find it … Continue reading →
Snap Brexit vote for UK on December 12
A UK vote is scheduled for December 12 in an attempt to break the Brexit stalemate. PM Boris Johnson is gambling that he will win a majority and be able to execute Brexit as promised, without Parliament blocking him as … Continue reading →
No wonder they don’t want us to know who the “whistleblower” is
It is allegedly (and almost certainly) Eric Ciaramella, and he’s not exactly what you’d call an objective observer: Former White House officials said Ciaramella worked on Ukrainian policy issues for Biden in 2015 and 2016, when the vice president was … Continue reading →
This is the sort of thing the Democrats won’t be leaking…
…and the MSM won’t be reporting in the same way. Because it favors Trump: A top National Security Council (NSC) official who listened to President Donald Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky testified to Congress today … Continue reading →
The Democrats’ Orwellian impeachment vote
The Democrats pretended to do something today, but it was nothing or worse than nothing. Byron York calls the resolution they passed “The Adam Schiff Empowerment Act.” But Schiff was already informally empowered to do what the act still allows … Continue reading →
Equivocating on the impeachment vote
Will it happen or won’t it? Steny Hoyer, the House Majority whip, refused to commit to an actual vote on the matter, even though Mrs. Pelosi insists that it is, in fact, happening on Thursday. “We’re going to have to … Continue reading →
Politicians and promises: Trump vs. the Socialists
An interesting discussion ensued in the “Being a Socialist means you never have to explain” thread. In the post, I had pointed out that both Sanders and Warren were promoting single payer health care and refusing to tell us how … Continue reading →