Ok, I’ll admit I was skeptical about the Steele Dossier. I mean, you’d have to be monumentally stupid not to understand that Russia monitors, minds, taps, and tapes every single thing you do. Well, you remember how Michael Cohen insisted he was never in Prague and couldn’t possibly have met with the Internet Research Agency’s …
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Dec 27 2018
The Law Of Averages
Ahem, when I drive I don’t move slowly. I frequently take moderately long road trips, anywhere from an hour or three up to 14 straight. I used to be able to do 22 but now I find my butt gets numb and I have to find someone to pry me from behind the wheel at …
Dec 26 2018
Hessians
A reprint from 2007 (with Updates) but as true today as it ever was. As U.S. troops return to Iraq, more private contractors follow By Warren Strobel and Phil Stewart, Reuters Wed Dec 24, 2014 1:17am EST The U.S. government is preparing to boost the number of private contractors in Iraq as part of President …
Dec 22 2018
Robert Reich Is An Optimist
Do you want to tell the story? No, you’re doing fine. Because if you think you can tell the story better, I would absolutely love to hear you try. Well I guess technically I am more qualified… Are you? How so? Because unlike you… I’m an optimist. Almost ek’smas and I’m in my usual funk …
Dec 21 2018
Interesting Times
“May you live in interesting times,” is an ancient Chinese curse with the implication being that Historians don’t write about “normal” periods when everyone is happy and prosperous. I know, Mika and Joe. You only have to watch the first 3 minutes or so. It’s as granular as I can get. Dear Mr President: I …
Dec 20 2018
The Trial
“Good morning your Honor, The Crown will plainly show the prisoner who now stands before you was caught red handed showing feelings, feelings of an almost human nature.” This will not do. So, confronted with the approbation of his Faux Noise Demagogues, Unidicted Co-conspirator Trump caves yet again. Nancy Pelosi was exactly right when she …
Dec 20 2018
Fun With Numbers
For some inexplicable reason we have Parts 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of Christmas on I.C.E.. There are no Parts 2 or 4. “Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou …
Dec 19 2018
Wheeee!
Cow Tokens! Get your Ur Cow Tokens here! Sumerian Cow Tokens April 24th, 2017 So what is the value of an Ur Cow Token? Sorry, I can’t get a market price for Ur per se so you’ll have to settle for a Sumerian one from around 1953 – 1935 BCE backed (and baked) by the …
Dec 19 2018
Not I/P
It’s about the First Amendment. I used to be a huge supporter of Israel. The image of Jews rising from the ashes of the Holocaust to form a democratic Nation/State was enormously romantic (in the classical sense) and I cheered on their military and territorial success. Indeed I could make a case for a persecuted …
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