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Monthly Archives: June 2018

A little glimpse into the future

Thursday, June 28, 2018

  The news from the Supreme Court was bad on two fronts yesterday. The court ruled against unions, holding that a public employee could not be forced to pay union dues as it infringed on their first amendment rights. In addition, the sometimes sane Anthony Kennedy resigned. A few predictions. First, some of the Democrats […]

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Typical of Democrats

Thursday, June 28, 2018

  Read this post from Josh Marshall. Josh’s correspondent is right: There is a danger that the next Supreme Court nominee could legalize Trump’s crimes and he’s also right that the Democrats have, at least up to now, beaten the wrong drum about this Supreme Court nomination, citing the McConnell rule as justification for holding […]

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Yet another in a long line of modest proposals

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Apparently, the very stable genius tweetedthe following about the Red Hen restaurant, which, of course, was a perfectly civil thing for him to do since he is a Republican, even though it is a lie from start to finish: “The Red Hen Restaurant,” he lied like a spoiled 6-year old, “should focus more on cleaning its […]

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A little added gloss

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

I think Josh Marshall has it pretty much right hereabout the Supreme Court’s recent decision allowing Trump’s Muslim ban to remain in effect: Here’s what I take as the crux of today’s majority decision and one which I suspect may come up again in subsequent decisions given President Trump’s behavior … For our purposes today, we […]

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Yet more left wing incivility

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Just another example of some white nationalists looking for a little peaceful recreation getting their pleasure ruined by people who are so lacking in civility. Just disgusting that Americans are getting to be no better than the French. Of course you can’t only blame the French; the restaurant owner is an American, and he’s the […]

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F**k Civility

Monday, June 25, 2018

A few days ago a restaurant owner told Sarah Huckabee that, all things considered, she wasn’t welcome in her restaurant. The lack of civility on the left is now all the rage. As so many have argued, this is a one way street, for when the Trumpers are absolutely in your face, incivility wise (e.g., “fuck […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, June 22, 2018

So, this is a little different. I guess this is all over the tube, or maybe it is, but since I don’t have a television I have no way to be sure. Anyway, I really enjoyed it. Watch the whole thing. If you’re of a certain age, I think you’ll have a hard time not […]

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Pity the Onion, part 2

Thursday, June 21, 2018

Okay, when I first saw this article, I thought the good folks at Crooks & Liars had been taken in. Could Melania Trump really have worn this jacket when she went to visit little children in the concentration camps:   It seemed obviously photoshopped, and so absurd that even the Onion would never have gone there. […]

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Is our media learning

Monday, June 18, 2018

As of late, a few hopeful signs have been springing up in the media’s coverage of the genius and his administration. They still aren’t calling a lie a lie, but they are coming ever closer. Consider this, from a story in today’s New York Timesabout a statement put out in Melania Trump’s name about the Naz-like […]

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Random Rants

Sunday, June 17, 2018

A few observations about some random stories in today’s newspapers. First, the Boston Globetells us that the Republicans are never going to stand up to Trump, because he’s giving them what he wants. No arguments with that, but thisis a common refrain that really has to stop: The majority of his successes have been reversals of the […]

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