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Monthly Archives: April 2018

Hurt fee-fees on the right

Monday, April 30, 2018

Has it ever been thus? Over the last few days we have witnessed what should be a strange phenomenon. The institutional press has rushed to the defense of a woman (that would be Sarah Huckabee Sanders) who works for a man who holds them in contempt. She herself holds them in contempt, and habitually lies […]

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A prediction

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Oliver Willis reportssomething rather astonishing: Congressional Republicans have released an election year proposal targeting massive cuts to government programs that millions of Americans, including the poorest people, have relied upon. “A Framework for Unified Conservatism,” the proposal from the Republican Study Committee (RSC), a coalition of more than 100 conservative House Republicans, comes as the party […]

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Arithmetic Lesson

Saturday, April 21, 2018

The City of Groton, distinct from the Town of Groton (I decline to address the absurdity of the existence of both of these entities) has announced a tax decrease: The Groton City Council is considering a budget for the coming fiscal year that would lower the city’s tax rate by 0.72 mill, or $72 for […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, April 20, 2018

I suppose there are some that might call this a bit schmaltzy, but I think it’s a great song, and John Denver tended to be underrated. He and Mama Cass team up here to sing at an event encouraging young people to register to vote, and what she has to say sounds pretty timely, except […]

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Is nothing sacred?

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

What’s going on with the Red Sox? They keep winning. I know they let us down and won a few pennants a few years back, but they’ve returned to form in the past few years. Maybe they’re just setting us up for the most spectacular late season collapse in history.

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Meanwhile, below the radar

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Recently Mitch McConnell let it be known that he would not let a bill designed to protect the Mueller investigation get to the floor. In this I think he erred, and I’m not speaking from the perspective of a person who cares about the Constitution, but from the perspective of a right wing Republican who […]

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What I wouldn’t give for a real satisfying wallow

Monday, April 16, 2018

In my younger years, I spent many happy hours wallowing in Watergate, and I must confess that today’s news about Sean Hannity revived those happy feelings, if only for a while. But that was then, and this is now, and no thinking person can sustain a good wallow. This is mainly because back in the days of […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, April 13, 2018

For several years I posted a music video every Friday. The rules were that it had to be something I liked, and it had to be a non lip synced actual concert version. After a while I stopped, because, quite frankly, it was getting harder and harder to find good stuff that I hadn’t put […]

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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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The Con-man bows out

Thursday, April 12, 2018

The big news yesterday was Paul Ryan’s decision to retire so he could “spend more time with his family”, an excuse so hackneyed that it is amazing anyone still uses it, inasmuch as it is practically an admission that the actual reason is something other than a desire for familial bliss.  Here in Southeastern Connecticut […]

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