What do these three things have in common: the recent Biden vs. Trump war of threatening words, the Dozens, and Inuit song duels? They’re all ways that people (especially men) threaten each other in an almost-comical way, in which the … Continue reading →
Someone (almost certainly from the NSC) has leaked news of Trump’s phone call to Putin, and it’s not the first time a similar type of leak has occurred: …only a handful of people at the White House…would have access to … Continue reading →
Why was Arthur Jones allowed to run as a Republican? [see ADDENDUM] It only gives fodder to the “Republicans are Nazi racist” memes. I don’t care that it was a foregone conclusion that, because the district is heavily Democratic, the … Continue reading →
No, I’m not predicting what the results will be. I’m predicting what the Democratic tactic will be. Let’s call it the Lamb Approach. Here’s how I imagine it will go. In vulnerable Republican-held districts, find a pleasant, articulate Democrat who’s … Continue reading →
It’s a squeaker, just as the polls predicted, although so far it seems to be squeaking in Democrat Conor Lamb’s direction. He’s declared victory, although the fat lady hasn’t quite sung yet. How do we interpret this? It’s certainly not … Continue reading →
It’s an odd thing that yesterday I wrote a post comparing Obama’s “bitter clinger” remarks to Hillary’s comments about “deplorables,” and almost immediately after that I I saw that she’d just doubled down on those sort of comments, this time … Continue reading →
Well, it’s been rumored almost as long as Rex Tillerson has been Secretary of State, and almost as often as those “chaos in the White House” stories have been published, and now it’s finally happened: Trump has fired Tillerson. And … Continue reading →
You probably remember something about that fundraiser speech that Obama gave in 2008 in San Francisco, the one that featured his infamous, insulting, condescending, and reductionist “bitter clingers” remark. But looking back on it, it strikes me that Obama’s approach … Continue reading →
…drives a lot of the Trump-hatred. Actually, the liberal fantasy of what’s in the mind of conservatives and/or Republicans drives a lot of the hatred for conservatives and Republicans. Most liberals don’t just engage in strategic name-calling, either, when they … Continue reading →
Italy just had an election: Italy was plunged into political uncertainty Monday after parliamentary elections delivered victories for populist, euroskeptic parties but left no clear path forward for a new government. No party or coalition received enough votes to rule … Continue reading →
Pass it around: Does he even take a breath? On Marxism’s appeal: Last summer I wrote a post on that latter subject. Here it is: When I first saw this tweet, I thought it very clever: Difference between Nazi and … Continue reading →
McCarthy says the Schiff memo is worse for the Democrats than for the Republicans. An excerpt from McCarthy: To be clear, the only reason Steele’s own biases have any pertinence is that the FBI and the DOJ relied vicariously on … Continue reading →