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Monthly Archives: May 2016

A Terrifying thought

Friday, May 6, 2016

This morning I skimmed this column at the Boston Globe, in which a Globe pundit opined that Hillary would surely beat Donald, though, to give him credit, he acknowledged that anything was possible. It got me to thinking. For the past year the pundits that are always wrong have been telling us that Donald Trump […]

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Told you so

Thursday, May 5, 2016

My previous post involved passing along some good news. Now, back to normal. I’ve noted on a number of occasions that Hillary Clinton’s opposition to the Trans Pacific Pact will melt like snow in the spring once she’s safely elected, this being an example: When Clinton announces that she won’t scupper the TPP, she’ll tell […]

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Really good news

Thursday, May 5, 2016

Some time ago a reader shamed me into attempting to highlight some good news now and then, given my propensity to highlight the not so good to terrible news that regularly afflicts us. I tried, but eventually my resolve sort of fizzled out. I try to resist it, but I am an old white guy, […]

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Justice Department throws NC Governor a lifeline

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Not that I disagree with the Justice Department on this, but I do believe, if they stick to it, that it will enhance Republican Governor McCrory’s chances to get re-elected: The U.S. Department of Justice has unequivocally upended one of North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s first promises to his constituents: That the discriminatory HB2 law […]

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No question it’s so, Joe

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

In case you were wondering (and you probably weren’t) what Joe Lieberman is doing these days, here’s an update courtesy of Down With Tyranny: Wall Street banksters fund No Labels to destroy Social Security, Medicare and other social services and they have decided on Lieberman and Huntsman as their new frontmen. Reactionary politics is the […]

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