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Nov 19 2015
Nice work if you can get it.
Now I think the Democratic Congressmen are missing an opportunity here. Not only are you getting a nice wining, dining, and shopping tour of Europe (only the best most secure hotels please) BUT you get a chance to come back to the Well of the House and report on how the Republican committee on Benghazi, …
Nov 18 2015
The Daily Late Nightly Show (Nutmeggers)
You know why they call us that? Because we’ll gladly take a piece of wood and sell it to you as nutmeg. Happy Thanksgiving suckers! The New Guy Timbaland Extended Exclusive! The Rose of Alabamy A very good phone ruined by rubbish battery life, and did I mention Siri is always on sucking the juice …
Nov 18 2015
Storm Clouds for TPP
While I may re-hash the myriad reasons why the TPP is even worse than we thought and UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES should be approved, this particular piece is more directed at the prospects for it in a vote and there is some good news on that front (I don’t delight in reporting the negative stuff, it’s …
Nov 17 2015
The Daily Late Nightly Show (Parables)
Parables are stories intended to make a point, like the fables by Aesop. My activist brother hadn’t heard either one of these and, since he went to the same schools I did, this made me very sad about the state of education in this country. The Fox and The Grapes So a really hungry fox …
Nov 17 2015
More Bulletins from Einstein Laboratories
This just in! “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” France Already Expanded Surveillance Twice In The Past Year — Perhaps Expanding It Again Is Not The Answer? by Mike Masnick, Tech Dirt Tue, Nov 17th 2015 9:35am For all the ridiculous talk with politicians grandstanding and using the …
Nov 17 2015
Deferred Prosecution
Maybe we’ll get a perp walk after all. U.S. Targets RBS, J.P. Morgan Executives in Criminal Probes By Aruna Viswanatha, Devlin Barrett, and Christopher M. Matthews, Wall Street Journal Nov. 17, 2015 1:57 p.m. ET Federal prosecutors are actively pursuing criminal cases against executives from Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC and J.P. Morgan Chase …
Nov 16 2015
The Daily Late Nightly Show (Paris)
It is recounted that Zeus held a banquet in celebration of the marriage of Peleus and Thetis (parents of Achilles). However, Eris, goddess of discord was not invited, for it was believed she would have made the party unpleasant for everyone. Angered by this snub, Eris arrived at the celebration with a golden apple from …
Nov 14 2015
Democratic Squishes
ek, how can you possibly be so callous? Does not your blood boil and you soul cry out for vengance? Look, I’m an avid war gamer and have been for decades so I not only appreciate firepower, I admire it in the way only someone who’s never, ever worn a uniform or even owned a …
Nov 13 2015
Quarter Dane
So as part of my recent Voir Dire I had to fill out a form that asked me- Son, have you ever been arrested No kidding! Now I suppose that’s a reasonable enough question since it might disclose your attitude toward police testimony (they’re professional liars and yes, I have taken the steel bracelet ride), …
Nov 12 2015
The Daily Late Nightly Show (Reality TV)
This is the driest thing I know. … “William the Conqueror, whose cause was favoured by the pope, was soon submitted to by the English, who wanted leaders, and had been of late much accustomed to usurpation and conquest. Edwin and Morcar, the earls of Mercia and Northumbria, declared for him; and even Stigand, the …
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