I think TPP advocacy is BHO's way of keeping the issue in play for Dems
The President's continuing advocacy on behalf of the Trans-Pacific trade deal has had me puzzled, stumped, bewildered, scratching my head...until a few minutes ago. It has seemed unlike him and...
View ArticleBan immigration by and start tagging Right-to-Lifers, white supremacists, gun...
I’m thinking that Trump’s ideas should be applied to groups that are actually real threats to the lives and safety of ordinary Americans across the country. So, let’s be clear -- the score on armed...
View ArticleIl Dookie
I was thinking the other day after reading an article comparing Trump to Mussolini. The authoritarian, corporatist, xenophobic rants, the delusional claims of personal greatness, and so on. I was a...
View ArticleThe rich will always be with us
We’re all familiar with the phrase quoted in so many places in the Bible, “the poor will always be with you”. In the Gospels, Jesus completes the thought by saying, “but you will not always have me”....
View ArticleThe REAL Tyranny
The virulent vitriolic and violent Cons keep re-writing our Constitution, American History, Laws and standards of behavior to meet their narrow and deluded self interests. They are very fond of...
View ArticleOf What Possible Use is Rick Snyder to Michigan Anymore?
The embattled governor of Michigan, Rick Snyder, has said he intends to absolutely “fix” (his word) the damage done to Flint residents by his administration’s foul-ups. He clearly believes he should...
View ArticleBREAKING: Creepy, vulgar, ugly, old, fat white guy thinks women (and the rest...
Over the last several days, the tip of the iceberg of women who have been ogled, felt up, assaulted, kissed against their will and more by ugly old white creepy Donald Trump has broken the surface of...
View ArticleIt's the propaganda, stupid. We gotta break through. Somehow. Some way.
I’ve been spending an inordinate amount of time on Facebook lately, more than I ever have before. One thing has really hit me though it all. There are darn few people, like zero, who are having any...
View ArticleCharlie X -- our President-elect
Pumpkin-boy’s continual insistence on people being nice to him finally rang a bell with me. One of the cable channels is running the old Star Trek series and, being a child of the Sixties, I am...
View ArticleWhy Russia? Not for US strategic interests. Then what?
All the attention on Russia by Rump and the Hemorrhoids is really puzzling from the point of view of US strategic interests. Clearly the Obama Administration didn’t feel there was much to do with...
View Article"I say it here and it comes out there": Broadcast News -- a movie playing out...
A great scene from the great movie Broadcast News had Albert Brooks’s character sitting at home watching the know-nothing anchor played by William Hurt on TV during a Libyan crisis, feeding him lines...
View ArticleWH Approach to Flynn Revealing -- Only 2 of 3 Critical Interests Concern Trump
The story of the process followed by the Trump WH in “looking into” l’affaire du Flynn has piqued my interest. The press guy, Spicer, said they were careful to examine the “legal perspective” and...
View ArticleEnemies of Trump not = Enemies of the People
So Orange Marmalade and his muffins say a lot of stupid things that are clearly false, harmful and unconstitutional. Rounding up brain cancer patients for deportation, preventing legal residents of...
View ArticleTrumpRyanCare Proves Conservative Ethics
Do the degree that the term “Conservative Ethics” is not an oxymoron, the release of TrumpRyanCare proves conclusively the Conservative Ethic:1. If you are make a lot and own a lot, you should make...
View ArticleTo the Left: Stop Playing "Chase-the-Stick" and Go After the Demon
The center and left in this country and around the world continue to miss the point in the continuing confrontation with the right. Forty years ago, the right latched onto the tactic of demonizing the...
View ArticleClan Before Country -- the Conservative Ethic
The last few days have rerun the last 40 years or so in microcosm. Conservatism at its root prefers institutions over government. The author Yuval Levin explored this notion in his book The Great...
View ArticleThe Departed -- Is Trump actually Frank Costello?
I’ve been following the Russia-Trump-Russia-Trump-yada-yada for some time. Josh Marshall over at TPM just posted a bit about how the FBI seems to be dragging its feet on the investigation, being late...
View ArticleBetrayal. It's What He Does. (It's What Republicans Always Do.)
The latest Trumparific fubar is one of just a series of events. As I write this, I realize it doesn’t matter on what day or after what fubar I am writing. The hits just keep on coming, so this...
View ArticleMore excellent Josh Marshall analysis -- whither the notorious 33,000 emails?
I, like many here, am a regular follower of Josh Marshall over at Talking Points Memo. Josh regularly has some of the best analysis around in his Editors Blog section.Just a bit ago, Josh posted some...
View ArticleOK. Too good to be true. Lard Butt (Fascist, NJ) sez Don Jr. getting Russkie...
From the estimable Esme Cribb at TPM:talkingpointsmemo.com/…Just too good for words. Christie turning on Trumps? All Trumps? Just this Trump? Kushner, too? Christie looking for company in the...
View ArticleThe big lesson and Dem message: R's can't be trusted with public office,...
The key message that has been coming through with increasing volume and intensity in the past few decades is that Republicans cannot be trusted in office and do not merit the opportunity to govern.To...
View ArticleThere's a crap stain in the middle of my TV screen
I’ve used Windex, Lysol, Murphy’s Oil Soap, bleach and I still have this crap stain in the middle of my screen.Any suggestions?
View ArticleRemember, 40 government officials were indicted or convicted over Watergate...
Here’s the tally, according to watergate.info/…:40 government officials indicted or jailedH.R. Haldeman and John Erlichman (White House staff), resigned 30 April 1973, subsequently jailedJohn Dean...
View ArticlePerp walk gets bigger -- memo authors, approvers will be co-conspirators...
I’ve been thinking about the numbers of crimes being committed and the numbers of individuals committing them in service to #MoronTrumpSad. I keep thinking forward to the perp walk when these people...
View ArticleShootings: What is the right number? Number of dead, number of shootings,...
So far, here in the NRA-and-other-interest-owned US of A we apparently have not yet reached the right number of shootings, dead and wounded to offset the millions poured into conservative pockets to...
View ArticleQuestion for gun advocates: How many more guns will it take to make us safe?
The US has been running a huge population study on the effects of gun ownership and proliferation of firearms as deterrents to mass murder. The numbers of weapons owned by Americans has ballooned to...
View ArticlePutin keeps twitching the bait on Trump Tower Moscow, Trump keeps biting
The ignorant sap in the White House has been getting played for years, possibly decades, by Putin and Pals. From using him to launder money — they make billions, overpay him millions on properties,...
View ArticleThis is what comes of conservatism, because it is what ALWAYS comes of...
What does it mean to do the same thing over and over and expect different outcomes? It means being a conservative. Across history and across cultures, conservatism always winds up in the same place:...
View ArticleIL-10 Rep Brad Schneider to hold two events for job seekers and Vets
My congressman, Rep. Brad Schneider (D) of Illinois’s 10th District is hosting a hiring event on Thursday May 31 from 10am to 1pm at Oakton Community College in Des Plaines, and a Veteran Resource Fair...
View ArticleWhenever you say "Trump", say "Republican". Whenever you say "Republican",...
There are going to be two kinds of Republicans by November — those that are overt Trumpites and those that will run on a traditional R message of small government, lower taxes, yada, yada, yada and act...
View ArticleGlobal realignment along lines of wealth -- that's what this is all about
Looking at the odd alignments that are happening around the world, it’s finally struck me what we are witnessing: realignment of power around the world on financial grounds — people who have tons of...
View ArticleTrump approval probably at high water mark -- worse than any "P" before any...
I’ve been pondering the various reports on Trump approval ratings, Fox’s and the orangutan’s take, the general press’s take and the focus on the stability of his sorry-ass approval and the strength of...
View ArticleTo: Trump re: Wall -- come up with your end, we'll cover the rest
Dear Con:We the People took you at your word during your campaign on the wall you propose on the US-Mexico border. Most of us think it is a dumb, possibly criminal idea, but what the heck, you made a...
View ArticleImportant post by Vaguememory below -- read, share, post -- he/she has...
If corruption were treated as a public health issue, Republicans would be quarantined and a vaccination developed against them.Vaguememory has totaled up indictments by presidential administration over...
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Which do you prefer? Be careful. Your preference says a lot about you.
This is a graphic representation of numbers reported and discussed in an important post earlier today by Kossack Vaguememory (link: www.dailykos.com/...).I have been kind of obsessed with the numbers...
View ArticlePress is constitutionally protected -- Prez is not. Press freedom trumps...
This’ll be short as my brothers and I are headed out to the river.For Mr. Enemy of the People, the battle is constitutionally one-sided: presidents have a constitutional method for removal, the press...
View ArticleC'mon now -- the country is not divided. A minority turned on the rest of us.
The recurring memes in the media on both-siderism are disturbing, wrong and lead to the wrong discussions. The country is divided, says the news. Civility has gone out the window, say commentators....
View ArticleLet’s be clear about the stakes here for Kavanaugh
Consideration for appointment to the highest court is not the same as being considered for mayor, dog catcher or even governor -- perhaps one *might* reasonably expect the public to overlook...
View ArticleGood morning, Judge Punchline
Aha, I see what you did there.Very clever, boldface alter ego. Of course it’s a double entendre. And this guy, for whatever he winds up doing next, is destined to be a punchline to jokes about...
View ArticleThere is no such thing as a "Moderate" -- they're all Republicans and they...
OK, we fell for it again. (Finger-quote) Moderates, such as Senators Collins, and Munchin, and (finger-quote) conscientious Republicans, like the Flake and Corker, are just human-like Borg. When the...
View ArticleBetrayal -- it's what he does. But it's also a conservative trait.
So, now it’s the Kurds. The list of the betrayed is so long that it is impossible to keep track...and still his cult-members continue to believe. They believe even as they are betrayed themselves...
View ArticleThe message is that Iran doesn’t want to kill Americans — just Trumps
Ok, so let’s review. Iran had a guy who had led its projection of power via terror for a couple decades. The US had been taking a number of steps in Iran’s neighborhood that indicate the US is both...
View ArticleAds for the Biden Campaign "...and the lies/failures/screw-ups, etc just keep...
OK, this has been grinding on me.As the campaign for November is now set in terms of the players, the distinction for the nation needs to be made, painting the orangutan exactly as he needs to be seen....
View ArticlePasty White Whiner Party wants Americans to die because their fee-fees are hurt
The sight of angry, pasty white whining and sometimes armed conservatives is getting really old. Whatever is asked of Americans for the betterment of the country as a whole, for health, for the common...
View ArticleAmerica really doesn't like losers -- the patterns of 1-term presidents
We do, of course, get obsessed with the day-to-day movement in approval polls and the presidential preference polls. This is especially the case in the strange case of the Orangutan. We watch and...
View ArticleMissing the Point: Debate Reviews Underestimate Our Immune Response to Lying
The disparity between the reviews of professional political types and the public were striking last night. Many of the so-called “pros” cited that “both did what they needed to do”, “Pence made his...
View ArticleBetrayal...it's what he does. Qbots, MAGAts, rustlers, hustlers, do do that...
The big, salty, sorrowful tears of the Followers of Darkest Evil are almost unbelievable. Almost. The trouble is that they are completely predictable from all angles — their belief, his betrayal, his...
View ArticleAfter The Greatest Generation, We Get The Whiniest Generation
One generation of Americans has been called “The Greatest Generation” for the notable accomplishments of beating back The Great Depression, Fascism, winning the Second World War, sending humans into...
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