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Monthly Archives: May 2024

Thursday, May 30, 2024

Just got through listening to them announce the verdict in the Trump trial. It brought this old Doonesbury cartoon to mind. Of course, back in those days there was no chance the Supreme Court would find a way to overturn what are obviously correct verdicts.

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Gerrymandering 2.0

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Apparently the Texas Republican Party sees trouble coming down the road, so it has decided to make it impossible for the majority of Texans to elect a statewide officer: Republican Party of Texas delegates voted Saturday on a platform that called for new laws to require the Bible to be taught in public schools and […]

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Denying reality

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

I read today that Dick Durbin is open to bringing back the blue slip. That’s the rule that allows a Senator to veto the nomination of any judge that will serve in his or her state. So, for instance, if Trump were president, and he wanted to appoint a fascist to be a judge here […]

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A look into the future

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

The Biden and Trump campaigns have allegedly agreed to a couple of debates.. The odds of Trump actually debating, after having agreed to do so, are pretty much the same as the odds were that he would testify at his trial, after having said he would do so. A man who can’t stay awake while […]

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Vermont considers the unthinkable

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

I started this post a few days ago, but we went to Vermont this past weekend and I didn’t have the chance to finish it up there. It’s about Vermont, by the way. It seems that those aging hippies up there in Vermont just never learn. Look what they want to do: Vermont is poised […]

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Trying hard to lose

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Sometimes I think our big name Democrats stay awake at night trying to figure out ways to lose elections. What issues can they ignore that people care about? What arguments can they fail to make that would work? Who can they alienate who would otherwise vote for them? Case in point discussed in this article, […]

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