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Aug 09 2019
Not the Impeachment you expected.
You might have missed it. Yesterday, on CNN and later on MSNBC, Chairman Jerome Nadler confirmed that the House Judiciary Committee’s hearings on the Mueller Report were a formal Impeachment Inquiry, something that had been asserted in previous Court filings but sort of publicly disbelieved as a mere ploy for a favorable ruling. Not so …
Aug 09 2019
When did it stop being funny?
One answer is in 1980 when Chappaquiddick Teddy lost the nomination to pathetic ineffective ConservaDem Carter who got creamed by Zombie St. Reagan. Things certainly declined rapidly from there. Another answer is they were never funny. The guy doing the prat falls is dead. How do you feel about that? Did you laugh? Why? Does …
Aug 08 2019
A Case Study In Microeconomics
Not at all wonky. Also some good advice for our ‘Masters of the Universe’ Republican friends.
Aug 08 2019
Full Frontal Jacket
Impossible unless you remove a rib Madder Than A Mudhen Fan It’s the Full Frontal Spring Break (in late summer) Girl First Time Voters Gone Politically Engaged Samantha Beech Part!
Aug 07 2019
Not long, but important.
This is the John Oliver everyone’s been talking about. Normally they don’t let Part 1 stand, so it took some hunting today to find. One thing to remember is that this was filmed before Dayton. Another thing that you shouldn’t forget is that the Gilroy Garlic Festival Massacre is of a piece of this, and …
Aug 06 2019
Tuesday Noon
I haven’t felt very funny this weekend. Trevor, Stephen, and Seth have cheered me up a bit, but I warn you I’ll be traveling again tomorrow so there might be some stuff or maybe not. I’m also very busy today with meatspace so I can’t promise prolific output at all. I probably won’t talk about …
Aug 02 2019
Moving the Needle
Boris Johnswon’s seat as Prime Minister got immeasurably more tippy in a Wales by-election that reduces his Parliamentary Majority to a single vote. In a flash, Boris Johnson’s working majority in Britain’s Parliament is now just one seat By William Booth, Washington Post August 2, 2019 In February, three Conservative members of Parliament quit the …
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