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A few predictions

Saturday, April 27, 2024

A few observations resulting from legal developments this past week. First, it appears increasingly likely that Trump will be convicted in his New York trial and that said conviction will take place within a few weeks. Also, and somewhat to my surprise (but not totally, given the corruption on the Supreme Court) it appears likely […]

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Where do we go from here

Thursday, October 19, 2023

Like a lot of other Democrats I’ve gotten a kick out of watching the Republicans flail around trying to pick a successor to the hapless McCarthy. There has probably never been anyone seriously considered for Speaker of the House as unqualified as Gym Jordan in the entire history of this country. He, along with so […]

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A typical case of American Blind Justice

Saturday, January 14, 2023

Isn’t this great? On Friday, the former President’s namesake company, the Trump Organization, was sentenced to pay the state $1.6 million in fines. That is the maximum allowed by law. I would be willing to bet that the state of New York spent more than $1.6 million dollars to get the guilty verdict (remember, it […]

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Couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy

Thursday, January 5, 2023

It’s been rather delicious watching the Speaker battle play out. McCarthy is an amoral sleaze, and he deserves all the humiliation he can get. This is a unique situation. I usually have a decent idea of how things will end up as things unwind in Washington, or at least I have an opinion, but in […]

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More stuff you couldn’t make up

Thursday, October 20, 2022

I remember a time when you would not expect this sort of thing even from the folks down in Texas: TODAY is reporting that Texas is sending DNA kits to families to identify their children “in case of an emergency.” Harking back to the title of this post, would anyone really believe a work of […]

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Manchin’s Game

Friday, July 29, 2022

So, when I first heard that Manchin had struck a deal with Schumer, my reaction was: How will Lucy pull the football away this time? Well, it looks like I’ve found the answer. You see, it seems that Joe really wants to eliminate what is truly a horrendous tax loophole that benefits very rich people, […]

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Those who don’t learn from history…

Monday, July 25, 2022

Here’s a post over at Balloon Juice that once again makes you wonder how our elected representatives manage to continue to live in a fantasy world. The post is about the fact that we may need up to four new senators to rid ourselves of the filibuster, as there are a couple of others that […]

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This is familiar

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

I have been voted out of every elective office here in the Town of Groton, which means I have also held each elective office, so I became familiar with the budget process. So this sounded familiar: The leadership of the Congressional Progressive Caucus voiced opposition to President Joe Biden’s $813 billion military budget request on […]

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What fools these mortals be

Thursday, August 19, 2021

I believe I have written in previous blog posts that one should not believe a word from anti-vaxxers who insist they are merely waiting for FDA approval. The idiocy is far too ingrained for that almost reasonable sounding dodge to be plausible. Latest piece of evidence: It would seem that Bradley County Emergency Medical Services […]

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Masking up

Friday, August 6, 2021

I must confess I am a bit “mask hesitant”. The CDC has recommended that we once again wear masks in public places, something I was perfectly willing to do last time around, but… It’s a matter of personal freedom! I have been vaccinated, and I have little to fear from the Delta variant, even if […]

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