December 2019 archive

You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch

Ho, ho, bah humbug. Think I’ll pop this one back on top every time I get hyperglycemic. Wouldn’t want to go into a coma. Sing along, you know you want to. You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch You really are a heel You’re as cuddly as a cactus, you’re as charming as an eel, Mr. …

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Wriggling on the Hook

Early Saturday and Sunday mornings are a terrible time to find anything acceptable on TV until A.M. Joy comes on (no Dateline for me) so I usually end up hazing my way through a bunch of fishing shows. While I am myself an awful angler I recognize the signs that it’s time to pull out …

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Pondering the Pundits

Pondering the Pundits” is an Open Thread. It is a selection of editorials and opinions from> around the news medium and the internet blogs. The intent is to provide a forum for your reactions and opinions, not just to the opinions presented, but to what ever you find important. Thanks to ek hornbeck, click on …

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The Real World Of Grand Rapids, MI

Michigan is the birthplace and family home of our intrepid editor-in-chief and good friend ek hornbeck (No that is not his real name, but I’ll never tell. Sorry, Meteor Blades). It is also the home of a fellow blogger and friend Marcy Wheeler, proprietress of emptywheel. Marcy lives in Grand Rapids where this past Sunday …

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Cartnoon

Single Termers Every single one of them. You know, there’s a reason us elitist liberal types call Republicans Racist Bigoted Misogynous Morons. Because they’re stupid too, and more nuanced doesn’t register. KAGA guy for instance has been brainwashed into 1984 2 + 2 == 5 math (to be charitable, maybe he was born that dumb). …

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The Breakfast Club (In The Face Of Trouble)

Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:00am (ET) (or …

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32 Pinocchios

That would be per day, every day for 1055 days for a total of 15,413. President Trump has made 15,413 false or misleading claims over 1,055 days By Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo, and Meg Kelly, Washington Post 12/16/19 As of Dec. 10, his 1,055th day in office, Trump had made 15,413 false or misleading claims, …

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The Summary

Greg Sargent calls it a report. Democrats just made a strong case that Trump committed crimes. Now what? By Greg Sargent Washington Post 12/16/19 The case that Trump committed crimes The case the report makes is as follows. Federal statute makes “bribery” a crime if a public official “demands” or “seeks” anything “of value personally,” …

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Cartnoon

Got Your Flu Shot Yet? “It will kill.” Sorry, watch a lot of Forged In Fire.

The Breakfast Club (Committed Citizens)

Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:00am (ET) (or …

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