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A rant

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Inasmuch as this is my blog, and I have now reached the age at which I can officially be deemed a curmudgeon, I am going to vent my spleen regarding a certain matter that has little if anything to do with politics, but quite a lot about why certain corporations are having their clocks cleaned […]

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Rant of the Day

Friday, July 6, 2018

Today in my mail (of the snail variety) I got a missive from Elizabeth Warren, asking me to donate money to the DCCC. It went right to the trash, but let me say a word about this. The DCCC has done its best to squash any local candidate who comes from what might be called […]

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Random Rants

Sunday, June 17, 2018

A few observations about some random stories in today’s newspapers. First, the Boston Globetells us that the Republicans are never going to stand up to Trump, because he’s giving them what he wants. No arguments with that, but thisis a common refrain that really has to stop: The majority of his successes have been reversals of the […]

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A quick rant

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

In typical fashion, the genius responded to the Roseannecontroversy by complainingabout how horribly he is treated by the media. You know, what with some of them actually reporting the truth about him, even though they still can’t bring themselves to use the word “lie” when talking about his lies. One thing the media is not doing, is […]

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The Democratic Convention-a survivor’s reflections

Sunday, May 20, 2018

I now know why I wasn’t really all that enthusiastic about being a delegate to the state convention this year. It was some instinct, some nagging recollection from conventions past, and some premonition about the long slog this one, with all those contested nominations, was likely to be. I’m not complaining about the outcome. Not […]

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Dems plot surrender

Friday, April 13, 2018

If this be true, then it is further proof that the Democrats have already started wresting defeat from the jaws of victory: Democratic leaders in Congress reportedly have a contingency plan in place if President Donald Trump fires Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein—a decision that was rumored on Friday to be due at any moment. […]

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Random thoughts on a Saturday Morning

Saturday, February 17, 2018

Like many on the left, I’ve railed against both siderism, though I defer to Driftglass (highly recommended), as the champ in that field. Read that blog and you have no need to personally read David Brooks to get incensed at his latest atrocity. This morning I had to gasp, for right in the midst of […]

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Allow me to repeat myself

Sunday, March 19, 2017

Republicans speak (and usually lie) with one voice. Democrats don’t even harmonize. I have griped about this for years. One consequence is that Republican memes, no matter how ridiculous they may be when logic is applied, dominate the discourse. Here’s yet another example I just chanced upon, as I scanned the Crooks and Liars posts […]

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Earth to Trump voters: tough shit

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Are these people stupid, or just Fox viewers. Probably both. One of several Trump voters now facing reality: Los Angeles Times: Kathy Watson- A 55 year old former small business owner who credits Obamacare with saving her life, said that when she voted for Trump she dismissed his pledge to scrap the ACA as bluster […]

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I feel his pain

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Matt Bors, a cartoonist who posts at Daily Kos, has a problem: I feel his pain. Many of the blogs I visit regularly spend a lot of time explaining why Donald is wrong about this or that, or why we can indeed interpret his most recent (I think it’s his most recent) moronic statement to […]

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