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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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Yet another rant

Saturday, April 20, 2024

Sometimes I think elected Democrats are subjected to some sort of brain damage on their way to assuming office. This article at the New London Day sort of set me off: As Connecticut municipalities bear the financial load of early voting, legislative leaders and state officials are split over whether the state should help fund […]

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Rant of the Day

Friday, April 19, 2024

I don’t have a television, and even if I did I doubt that I’d spend much time watching the television “news” shows, but I think my general impression is correct. The more of a whackjob you are as a Congressperson, the more chance you have of getting yourself on television. Latest example I’ve run across […]

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One law for me, another for thee

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

This story (more here and here) hasn’t gotten much mainstream attention, so far as I know, but it presages a monumental change in the law. There will soon be, if there not already is, one set of laws for the right and another for the left, one set of laws for right wing “Christians” and […]

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Am I being nit picky?

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Very well then I’m being nit picky. (For those who don’t get the reference, I’m riffing off Walt Whitman) To get back to the nits. Crooks and Liars has a post up in which they report on an interview with Nancy Pelosi in which she ably excoriates the stable genius for his latest spewings about […]

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Biden does it again

Friday, April 5, 2024

It’s my understanding that there were two earthquakes today, both in the New Jersey area, and if the folks over at the Palmer Report are correct, the center of one was quite close to one of Trump’s golf courses. I’m hoping that I’m the first to point out where responsibility lies, though for all I […]

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