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Sometimes I think they do it on purpose!

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Yesterday Mike Pence made a jackass out of himself by going to the Mayo Clinic and refusing to wear a mask. Naturally, every sane person in the country piled on. His initial excuse was that he was tested regularly, so he is exempt from wearing a mask, and is free to shake hands and do […]

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Stockholm Syndrome

Friday, April 24, 2020

I am beginning to suspect that our national media suffers from a variant of Stockholm Syndrome. Not precisely the same, but somewhat. Perhaps we should call it What-If-Obama-Had-Said-Or-Done-This-Itis. The media has reacted to constant abuse from a certain stable genius by refusing to acknowledge the obvious, and pretending that his insanity is just Trump being […]

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One of life’s mysteries

Thursday, April 23, 2020

I know all these people must be smarter than me. For instance, I never could have masterminded the theft of an election like Brian Kemp did. But even I have noticed that more than one person who has loyally done as Trump asks has had reason to echo these lines from Paul Simon’s Paranoia Blues: I […]

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A look ahead, revisited

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

One of my readers (my only reader?) emailed to ask me if, in light of the Trump amplified corona virus, my predictions for the years ahead had changed since this New Year’s day post. Inasmuch as I find that commenting on the daily events, all of which seem so predictable that any intelligent comment seems too […]

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What was it that’s the enemy of the good?

Friday, April 17, 2020

A few days ago I wrote about the Biden folks who were continuing to pound on Bernie people, even after Bernie endorsed Joe. It’s only fair that I get around to the Bernie folks who are now far too pure to cast a vote for Joe. Among my guilty pleasures on my RSS feed is […]

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A little alternate history

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Most rational people would agree that had this plague descended upon us during Obama’s presidency, he would have done a far better job of dealing with it. That being said, the question arises, would it have made any difference so far as the outcome? At first blush, the answer is “obviously yes”, but if you […]

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Good Friday Night Music

Friday, April 10, 2020

I have posted this video every Good Friday since I started this humble blog back in 2005, when we thought we had reached a nadir of sorts with the reelection of W. I don’t think it’s ever been so timely as this year, though I’m of two minds about whether Brian should, in fact, follow […]

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Biden moving a tad left

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Just saw this article. Joe Biden has (somewhat) embraced some progressive positions, albeit not quite all the way there. He’s suggested lowering the Medicare eligible age to 60, and forgiving student debt in certain situations. It’s the latter that I’m wondering about: The concept I’m announcing today will align my student debt relief proposal with my […]

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All Together Now

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Now we know.We’re going with Joe.That’s the whole show We can’t say it ain’t so. Okay, drivel out of the way. Bernie is out, and I think, under all the circumstances, that’s a good thing. And who knows, it’s always possible that over the next few months Biden will come to understand the realities of […]

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Fox Nation Folks Dying

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Entirely predictable. The virus is setting down roots in Trump country. I guess, among other things, these folks are still going to diners, where, as the New York Times can tell you, all the customers are Trumpers. While the number of cases and deaths related to coronavirus in Martin County is fairly low (34 cases and 4 […]

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