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A step too far?

Sunday, January 29, 2023

It is a political fact of life in this country that Republicans get themselves elected by distracting their base, inasmuch as their actual priorities consist mainly in screwing that base. It always reminds me of the Bob Dylan song, Only a Pawn in Their Game, that taught me as a young teen about the political […]

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George Santos again

Friday, January 20, 2023

I have tried to confess on those rare occasions (well, I say they’re rare!) when I’ve been wrong, but in this case I have an excuse. When the George Santos story first reared its head, or at least first came to the attention of the wider population, I predicted that it would soon fade, as […]

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A liar of Trumpian proportions

Saturday, December 31, 2022

I confess to being somewhat fascinated by the saga of George Santos. If we discover much more, we have to confess that he makes Trump look like a truth teller. If you’ve been following the story you already know that one of the lies drawing the attention of prosecutors is his claim on financial disclosure […]

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January 6th transcripts-Roger Stone

Tuesday, December 27, 2022

This is my third post reviewing, one by one, the transcripts released by the January 6th committee. This time it’s Roger Stone. This will be short and sweet. I think at some point that I’ll get to the transcripts in which witnesses give substantive answers. Stone took the fifth to each and every question he […]

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January 6th transcripts, John Eastman

Monday, December 26, 2022

Much to my surprise I have gotten through the second transcript recently released by the January 6th committee. This is an easy one. It was the deposition of John Eastman, the lawyer who came up with the bullshit theory that the Vice President could throw out the electoral votes of any state he chose in […]

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It’s always okay if you’re a Republican

Friday, December 23, 2022

Ever since I started blogging, which was many moons ago, bloggers on our side of the fence have used the acronym IOKYAR to refer to what has become almost a legal rule in this country. It’s simply okay to transgress moral or legal norms if you’re a Republican. It is particularly okay so far as […]

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Does she contradict herself?

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

It’s not exactly an original observation, inasmuch as Republican irrationality is nothing new, but this one really struck me. It seems that Ronna McDaniel wants to know why Republicans are not voting for every single Republican, no matter how half assed or fascistic, or both, that a given candidate may be, as we find when […]

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I’m on Mastodon

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

I’ve never been much of a Twitter user, and I very much welcome its possible demise as a result of the Elon Musk wrecking ball. I haven’t gotten around to terminating my account, since I’m a very lazy person, and they likely make it as hard as possible, but I have signed up for the […]

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A transatlantic myth

Sunday, November 27, 2022

I ran across this article in my news feed today. It’s from the British newspaper, the Guardian. The title is what drew me to read it: Competence, what competence? Tory chancellors like Jeremy Hunt always spell disaster British politics are a lot like US Politics these days, with the Tory party becoming more and more […]

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A Republican with Principles! (An oxymoron, I know)

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Who says that our fascist overlord wannabes have no principles? Well, I’ve probably said it, but look, there are definitely exceptions, and I firmly believe all the other election denial liars should follow this Arizona woman’s principled example: Liz Harris, recently elected to represent Legislative District 13, issued a statement on her campaign website saying, […]

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