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What have some got, that the ABA don’t got?

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Courage! >Alarmed by Donald J. Trump’s record of filing lawsuits to punish and silence his critics, a committee of media lawyers at the American Bar Association commissioned a report on Mr. Trump’s litigation history. The report concluded that Mr. Trump was a “libel bully” who had filed many meritless suits attacking his opponents and had […]

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More false equivalency

Friday, October 21, 2016

At this point, the media’s insistence on finding some sort of equivalency between Trump and Clinton is becoming almost comical. The latest example is the AP article about the Al Smith Dinner, in which the reporter strains to make the argument that both Hillary and Donald were out of line. Hillary’s jokes were, in fact, […]

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The Donald Implodes

Thursday, October 13, 2016

All of this stuff about Trump would be really funny if there wasn’t still a chance he could win. (This is America, after all. Remember what P.T. Barnum said) But, even so, it’s still funny. A few random observations today. In the “even a stopped clock” department: I came across this about Steve Bannon, the […]

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Trump’s supporters explained

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

I think Juan Cole is on to something. He asks, why would anyone back Trump? His answer is persuasive, and worth reading, which you can do here. His argument is that Trump’s adherents, particularly the men, want to be Trump. Read the whole thing, but here’s a taste: But I nevertheless think that the men […]

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The Great Debate

Monday, October 10, 2016

By any reasonable measure, Hillary “won” the debate yesterday. My general sense is that while the mainstream media wanted to give it to Donald, they’ve been restrained by the reactions of ordinary people. The Donald was not a pleasant person to look at last night, and Hillary must have been a bit creeped out as […]

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Why now?

Saturday, October 8, 2016

It’s been a remarkable 24 hours. It’s been about that long since this happened: (Couldn’t resist putting it up again. I think it’s brilliant) Since the recording was released, Republicans first went with the tried and true “I condemn what he said, but I’m still voting for him” shtick, but as the day went on, […]

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Daily News having fun

Saturday, October 8, 2016

Can’t help but agree that this is a funny front page. The Daily News used to be fairly right wing, but I guess they saw an opening when Murdoch took over the Post. Anyway, this ranks up there with that Newt Gingrich front page from years ago.

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Great piece of writing

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

I read about this book review on another blog, unfortunately, I’ve forgotten which one, so I can’t give proper credit. Anyway, as that blogger pointed out, It’s an amazing piece of work by Michiko Kakutani of the New York Times. The book under review is a new biography of Hitler. But the review is really […]

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What’s in store for debate two

Sunday, October 2, 2016

Although I might still be needing a clothespin when I cast my vote next month, I have to admit that I’m super impressed by the Clinton campaign, and the trap it laid for the Donald in the first debate. It’s dollars to donuts that they have something completely different to bait him in the second […]

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A very disturbed man

Friday, September 30, 2016

Just bewildering. A guy whose living in a glass house shouldn’t be throwing stones. And if his wife is living there with him he ought to think twice again. First, the serial adulterer threatens to attack Hillary for Bill’s adultery, implying that it’s the woman’s fault if the man strays, which he probably truly believes. […]

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