* * * BREAKING NEWS * * * The Senate of the United States has officially declared the Rule of Law to be dead. The declaration of death was ensured by an almost perfect party line vote.* The Secretary of the Senate has recorded the death certificate into the formal Senate historical record so… [read more]
The Point
Reading time – 58 seconds . . . This post is certified to be gluten free, dairy free, soy free and free of contamination from the recent State of the Union address. You can read with full confidence for your safety and mental health, although if you’re allergic to nuts . . . ————————————– Preface:… [read more]
Profiles in Cowardice
Reading time – 3:47 . . . Alan Dershowitz has never seen an opportunity for attention that he didn’t covet. He hasn’t exhausted his reservoir of outrageousness, nor fully plumbed the hollowness of his integrity; however, he may have come close last week. As a member of Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team, Dershowitz proclaimed the… [read more]
As Smart as Squirrels – v2
Reading time – 3:32 . . . The impeachment trial of Donald Trump continues, even as more revelations arrive almost daily that paint a very dark picture of his actions. Whether witnesses will be called and evidentiary documents will be presented at his impeachment trial remains unknown. Whether he will be convicted and booted from… [read more]
Put Them in RDP
Reading time – 4:02 . . . We’ve had years of hearing Donald Trump say whatever came into his fraudulent head and many of us are way past shock and indignation. We see that’s just the criminal, disconnected-from-reality way he rolls and it’s become what we expect. But he’s infected pundits and members of Congress… [read more]
Adjunct Quiz*
Reading time – 3:49 . . . WARNING: SNARK AHEAD Question 1: What do you get when you combine the bottomless need for attention of Donald Trump and Alan Dershowitz with the boundary-less conceit and snark of Jay Sekulow, the arrogance and disingenuousness of Pam Bondi, the fanatical, hypocritical self-righteousness of Ken Starr and all… [read more]
Open Letter to President Joe Biden
Dear Mr. President: The illicit Trump war on our election and our democracy is over and we are facing multiple existential threats. Things are every bit as dire as when President Obama took office and the cultural divisions that bedevil us are now worse. Trump may be out of office but he has not and… [read more]
Eliot Ness, We Need You Now
Reading time – 2:55 . . . Regular readers of these posts will recognize that I have long wondered why otherwise fully functional adults possessing a clear sense of right and wrong could tolerate, much less support and promote the obvious law breaking, wrongdoing and un-Constitutional actions of Donald Trump. Of course, some may simply… [read more]
Dear Bernie and Elizabeth
Reading time – 3:34 . . . Dear Bernie and Elizabeth, Here’s the key question: Do you want Democrats to lose the 2020 Presidential election to Donald Trump, as well as lose the opportunity for Democrats to control the Senate? You’re on a path to do both even if you don’t get the nomination. There… [read more]
Home
Reading time – 2:13 . . . You’re out and about and tell a friend,”I’m going back to my house.” Your house is defined by a street address, information that identifies a place on a map. If instead you had said,”I’m going home,” the geographic destination would be the same, but the meaning would be… [read more]
