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David Duke’s empty threat

Friday, January 2, 2015

This is sort of a follow up to yesterday's post. Seems David Duke doesn't realize how successful he's been: Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke issued a warning to Republicans who have criticized House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) for speaking to a white nationalist group in 2002, saying they “better be looking over […]

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Nothing new to see here

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Just read this, which was a shame as I had been considering writing something to the same effect, but now I feel like a bit of a cheater. Anyway, I too have been watching the Steve Scalise “controversy” with some amused bemusement, as I really can't see how retaining a racist in a leadership position […]

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Dubious Achievement Awards

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

If, like me, you make at least a daily pilgrimage to Daily Kos, you are aware that David Perdue, Republican candidate for Senate in Georgia, is having some problems. He's a businessman, you see, with the kind of background that we are told we need in our legislatures. He proudly specialized, according to his own […]

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Hoist ’em high

Friday, October 3, 2014

One of the more evil things the Republicans do is suppress the vote. Unfortunately for them, they cannot yet explicitly restrict the electorate to Republicans (they're working on that), so, every once in a while a Republican is bound to get swept up in the net. And, it was bound to happen, sooner or later, […]

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Be afraid, be very afraid

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Scott Brown, the New Hampshire carpetbagger, is attacking Jeanne Shaheen for failing to understand the existential threat posed by a relative handful of religious nut-jobs half a world away: >“Radical Islamic terrorists are threatening to cause the collapse of our country,” Mr. Brown says. “President Obama and Senator Shaheen seem confused about the nature of […]

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Fixed Delusions

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Without going into details, I have lately, in my role as an attorney, had a frustrating time trying to get a mental health agency to help a client deal with a tenant who is mentally ill, paranoid and delusional. We think she is at risk of harming herself, but they say that while she has […]

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Paul Ryan courts the huddled masses

Saturday, August 9, 2014

Paul Ryan has some advice for his fellow Republicans: ‘‘We need to show that we have better ideas. We need to show that we have real solutions. We need to show that we’re the party of opportunity,’’ said Ryan, the vice presidential nominee in 2012. His upbeat tone and call for wholesale expansion of the […]

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Let me unskew this for you

Friday, July 25, 2014

Over at the Daily Kos, they are trumpeting a poll that shows that Americans would prefer to have American jobs protected rather than passing more job killing trade agreements. I'm with the Kosites on this issue, but this poll cannot be relied upon as a true measure of the feelings of the American people. Let […]

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Another take on Cantor

Thursday, June 12, 2014

There's been a lot of speculation about why Eric Cantor went down in flames. The basic reason may be the main: the man is an asshole. But I'm persuaded by this view that this is the argument that clinched the deal with the voters: But there’s no question that conservative economics professor David Brat succeeded […]

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Delicious

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

So, it turns out that Chris Christie'e people deliberately caused a massive traffic jam in NJ, as political payback against the Fort Lee mayor. Sort of weird when you consider that theres really no use punishing someone while denying responsibility. Sort of undermines the message. It's a little like Tony Soprano arranging an accident that […]

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