And wow
Just wow: Much as I hate to say it, this morning’s hearing was a disaster. Far from breathing life into his damning report, the tired Robert Mueller sucked the life out of it. The effort to save democracy and the … Continue reading →
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More on political change and what it requires
Remember the film “Annie Hall”? You may not be fond of Woody Allen—I’m not fond of Woody Allen—but that’s still a great film and a very entertaining one. I loved it at the time. Remember the spider-killing scene? Funny, funny, … Continue reading →
Mueller’s testimony
I haven’t watched it, because unless the circumstances are extraordinary (and these are not) I cannot stand lengthy Congressional testimony. I find it suffices for me to read about it and to watch selected clips later. In the case of … Continue reading →
Boris Johnson…
…becomes the Tory Party’s head and will be the new prime minister, as expected. Brexit to follow? “We are going to get Brexit done on 31 October and take advantage of all the opportunities it will bring with a new … Continue reading →
Waxing rights: more evidence…
…that the world has gone stark raving mad. See this: A born male who identifies as female, and whose male genitalia is still intact, is suing female-only waxers on the basis that their refusal to wax his bollocks — sorry, … Continue reading →
Political change: the liberals
In the “long slow march of leftism” thread there was a discussion about the distinction between leftists and liberals. Commenter “R.C.” and I initially disagreed on whether the friends I often talk about and call “liberals” are really liberals at … Continue reading →
Moving that Overton window: hey, let’s gerrymander the state boundaries to game the Electoral College
That’s not exactly what this article at FiveThirtyEight actually says, at least not up-front. The author, Ella Koeze, is just speculating what it would be like to have different state boundaries than now, rather than abolishing the Electoral College entirely … Continue reading →
Comey’s moles
See this. One thing I have to say is that I await IG Horowitz’s report with interest. If only half of what’s alleged to be in it is really in it, it will still make fascinating reading. [NOTE: Now, somebody … Continue reading →
The offending shoe: 3rd go-round
In one of the previous shoe threads, this comment caught my eye: Once you start thinking about it, it does become rather gross to sit on a pro-shoe carpet. Someone literally may have walked in dog urine, or bubble gum … Continue reading →
The arc of political discourse
Steven Hayward gives us a history lesson on how vicious political discourse has long been in this country. Please read the whole thing.
Continue reading →Ilhan Omar believes she doesn’t need to answer any questions she doesn’t feel like answering
Ilhan Omar is dealing with a lot of accusations, but she has one way of dealing with them, and it’s an approach that worked very very well for her so far and may continue to do so: calling anyone who … Continue reading →
Another day…
…another race hoax. At least this one didn’t involve a large and expensive police investigation. On the other hand, the accuser is Democrat Erica Thomas, who is the Minority Vice Chair of the Georgia House of Representatives. You can read … Continue reading →