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A not so surprising development

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Trump’s minions are now laying the groundwork for pulling out of the upcoming debates. Hannity is even making the risible claim that Biden will be so “jacked up” that the competition will be unfair. I suggested last month, when the debates were first announced: The Democrats, who rarely act in concert to push a point, […]

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Denying reality

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

I read today that Dick Durbin is open to bringing back the blue slip. That’s the rule that allows a Senator to veto the nomination of any judge that will serve in his or her state. So, for instance, if Trump were president, and he wanted to appoint a fascist to be a judge here […]

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Trying hard to lose

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Sometimes I think our big name Democrats stay awake at night trying to figure out ways to lose elections. What issues can they ignore that people care about? What arguments can they fail to make that would work? Who can they alienate who would otherwise vote for them? Case in point discussed in this article, […]

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Yet another rant

Saturday, April 20, 2024

Sometimes I think elected Democrats are subjected to some sort of brain damage on their way to assuming office. This article at the New London Day sort of set me off: As Connecticut municipalities bear the financial load of early voting, legislative leaders and state officials are split over whether the state should help fund […]

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Am I being nit picky?

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Very well then I’m being nit picky. (For those who don’t get the reference, I’m riffing off Walt Whitman) To get back to the nits. Crooks and Liars has a post up in which they report on an interview with Nancy Pelosi in which she ably excoriates the stable genius for his latest spewings about […]

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More bad messaging, and something completely different

Monday, May 15, 2023

This article at the American Independent got me thinking yet again about the left’s ham-handedness when it comes to framing it’s message, a trait shared by the Democratic Party generally. The article is about the fact that Tommy Tuberville, one in a now long line of stupid Southern Senators (it’s a selling point down there) […]

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A clear and present danger

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

I’ve read in various places that Robert Kennedy, Jr. has the support, at this time, of a little more than 20% of potential Democratic Primary voters. I think it’s safe to say that 95% of those folks feel Biden is too old, responded to the Kennedy name, and have no idea what a nutjob he […]

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A bit about Biden

Thursday, April 27, 2023

It’s my understanding that Joe Biden isn’t terribly popular. He is with me, though in all truth in a perfect world I’d be happy if he was replaced by someone a lot younger, but given current realities, he is our bulwark against fascism, and, give him credit, he seems to understand that. He’s done better […]

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Leave TikTok Alone!

Thursday, March 30, 2023

I’m not a TikTok user or fan, but I agree with a common take on the current attack on TikTok by Washington politicians of both political parties. TikTok may in fact be spying on Americans, but as the other social media giants might say: “Who among us isn’t?”. TikTok is being attacked because it has […]

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Good points

Saturday, January 7, 2023

Thursday night we celebrated the 15th anniversary of the New London Drinking Liberally group that I helped found what seems like eons ago. We’ve had folks come and go, but there’s some who have been coming for all of those 15 years. Last night one of those veterans brought me an article he had printed […]

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