Post 1,042 However odd it might be, we love our Super Bowl commercials as a form of entertainment. Millions tune in just for them, not so much for the football game. And with the cost for just 30 seconds of ad time at $7 million, the ad agencies and the companies they create ads for… [read more]
Dysfunction Junction
Post 1,041 On February 18 Steve Sheffey wrote, ” . . . House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) says he won’t allow the House to vote on the emergency funding because it doesn’t contain money for border security. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) accurately summarized Johnson’s position: The Speaker said he wouldn’t pass Ukraine funding without a… [read more]
What’s Most Important
Post 1,040 The President of the United States has a lot of responsibilities, including that ” . . . he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed . . .” as required by Article II of the Constitution. The to-do list is long and demanding to the point of being inhuman. There is… [read more]
You’re Not Going To Like This
Post 1,039 There was a glorious victory parade yesterday in Kansas City in celebration of the Chiefs’ Superbowl LVIII win. The crowd was estimated at a million people, twice the population of the city. There were waves and smiles and cheers and then people began to be shot and they dropped to the ground. As… [read more]
Potpourri v21.0
Post 1,038 As we sigh romantically and fondly for those we love on this Valentine’s Day, we embrace their hearts. May that be true for you. Who’s Next? We continue to lose roughly 200 American sweethearts to Covid every day. Of course, that number lacks the shock value of refrigerator trucks used as emergency morgues… [read more]
Elections, Amendments & Tunnels
Post 1,037 A little longer today because there is so much going on . . . Winning Elections A piece in The Economist in December accidentally provided yet another reminder of what wins elections. We used to believe that honesty and moral character were our guides, but we’ve been disabused of that fanciful notion for… [read more]
The Moronica Awards*
Post 1,036 WARNING! Contains Snark Sensitive readers are advised to get over it. The Moronica Awards are given to those who behave with the distinction of being obviously mentally unfit and who offer themselves without hesitation to display their true limitations publicly. The Awards are heavily weighted toward those who have made the greatest public… [read more]
Our Young, Our Poor and Our Indicted
Post 1,035 Our Young No Republican candidate for the presidency has captured the majority of voters under the age of 30 for decades. Hmmm . . . now why would that be? Could it be that they explicitly court and favor old rich guys and old rich guy wannabees? They say that all we have… [read more]
Violence
Post 1,034 Violence – Part 1 From David French’s piece Political Christianity Has Claws: ” . . . when you combine theology and ideology but subtract virtue, you’ve created a formula for viciousness and strife. Raise the stakes to an existential or eternal level, remove the restraints of kindness and self-control, and watch the worst… [read more]
The Minority Report
Post 1,033 There is no reason for the so-called populist uprising, no rationale to explain Trump and MAGA, except one: the freedom to dominate. Jamelle Bouie detailed this right of domination in a post that was centered on George Wallace, the politically brilliant, hatred-infused politician who garnered 13.5% of the popular vote in the 1968… [read more]
