Reading time: 91 seconds I’m thinking about the honoring of Dr. Martin Luther King, jr. earlier this week and doing something of an inventory. For example, it’s striking – stunning even – to hear Dr. King’s hopes, indictments, demands and predictions in his I Have A Dream speech, as delivered on the steps of the… [read more]
Full Transcript – First Press Conference
Outside the Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives . Jones: Mr. Speaker, Cynthia Jones here – Laughing Stock News. We cover the Congress. You know about the blistering list of lies George Santos told in order to get elected in New York’s 3rd congressional district. You’ve been asked about that repeatedly and… [read more]
Cluelessness
Struggling to Understand New York Times Senior Opinion Staff Editor Alexandra Sifferlin wrote a piece on Monday triggered by the Covid-19 death of sports journalist Grant Wahl while covering the World Cup in Qatar. Her story was not about his death. It was about the “anti-vaxxers [who] were quick to blame his death on the… [read more]
The Mouse in the House*
As I watched the spectacle in the Republican-controlled House of self-inflicted embarrassment, it became clear that we’re pretty much a country of Never Kevins. Kevin McCarthy has no principles other than a mania to become Speaker of the House. He has given away anything and everything to get that title, even as doing so leaves… [read more]
Raison d’Être
An essay in The Washington Post arrived last Wednesday shortly after my post about Biden’s accomplishments was posted. The WaPo piece is penned by Marc Thiessen and bears the not-so-enlightened title The 10 Worst Things Joe Biden Did in 2022. To be fair, Thiessen also offered a day earlier what he calls The 10 Best… [read more]
For The Hand Wringers
Note: No post on Sunday. We’ll reconnect in a week. We have hand wringers on the right . . . . . . complaining that all Democrats are socialists, that Biden is a useless wimp, that a Congress controlled by Democrats hasn’t and can’t accomplish anything for real Americans and that Biden is a pitiful… [read more]
Science Fair Project, An Update, Hanukkah and the Weather
A Saturday post – because you might be busy tomorrow. Science Fair Project: The Search For Alien Life Hypothesis: There is detectable alien life in the universe. Procedure: Observe behavior. Observation #1 I stumbled upon a short post from October 7, 2010 (edited here for brevity). Read it to observe behavior. Lemmings and Leaders It’s… [read more]
The Central Cause
“The central cause of January 6th was one man, former President Donald Trump, who many others followed. None of the events of January 6th would have happened without him.” So declares the Executive Summary of The United States House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. Yes, that’s the… [read more]
A Modest Proposal – v5.0
Sports First The Bahamas Bowl, certainly the grand daddy of them all, was played on Friday in Nassau, Bahamas. Who knew there was a football stadium there? My beloved Miami University (OH) Redhawks battled the Blazers of the University of Alabama – Birmingham. Both teams came to the game following inspiring 6 – 6 seasons…. [read more]
Rationalizing Anything
I’ve done a little research in order to understand standard issue alt-right rationalizing behavior. Here’s a sampling from right wing politicians, pundits and the little folk on the far right (non-traditional Republicans – the ones whose sound bites make the news). See if this comports with your experience of your crazy Uncle Bob and now… [read more]
