Politics is the art of controlling your environment. Anybody who thinks that ‘it doesn’t matter who’s President’ has never been Drafted and sent off to fight and die in a vicious, stupid war on the other side of the world– or been beaten and gassed by Police for trespassing on public property– or been hounded …
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Nov 04 2018
Cold Dead Hands
It is well known that the vast majority of United States citizens favor Gun Control, like 61% of them, yet there are few issues that have exposed the craven cowadice of Legislators on both sides of the aisle more. One would have thought the violent massacre of First Graders at Sandy Hook would have elicited …
Nov 04 2018
Pre-Election
Spanish Caravan Ch-ch-ch-changes They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway No rest for the wicked My name is ROGER MURDOCK. I’m an airline pilot. Every Televised Talent Competition Ever Pugsley Sneakers with wheels in them Albany’s Favorite News Team Oh, you want real News
Nov 03 2018
Your Tax Dollars At Work
Now $200 Million falls in the rounds of a $716 Billion budget but the next time someone spouts off about Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid or heck even funding for Public Broadcasting or the National Endowment for the Arts you should remember that there’s always enough money for meaningless election stunts. Trump’s border deployments could cost …
Nov 03 2018
Wrong on both counts
It was nice to see Stephen Colbert take it to Chris Wallace on Thursday night. Chris made 2 assertions about Asylum that were flat out false- That only about 10% of Asylum seekers who are released from detention return for their Court hearings. That only about 10% get legitimate Asylum. The first statement was debunked …
Nov 02 2018
Campaign Throwdown!!!
Trump v. Oprah You have to think of it as a kind of Rap Battle. Trump DJ Pence Oprah Mic Drop. Welcome to Hollywood. You’ve been served. I thought might enjoy the long format NBC Version rather than the shorter CBS version. Also there’s this other bit from NBC at a different camera angle. The …
Nov 01 2018
Is -This- Anti-Semitic, Racist, Bigoted, and Misogynous Enough For You?
Because we’re not afraid of ugly truths on these sites, I’ll embed the Republican Ad, approved by Trump and Team, which represents the Closing Argument for voting Republican on Tuesday, that everyone is talking about and no one will show you. As always, you only click it if you want to see it. We’re all …
Nov 01 2018
Practical Magic
A Big Old Pot Of Dicks Shockingly Mainstream Not An Outlier Law Cobra That show concept so totally belongs to Sam Bee that if I see it turn up as a Summer replacement or on next Fall’s schedule I am going to recommend she sue. Get out the Vote Special Monday, Post Election not so …
Oct 31 2018
Trump Subpoenaed?
This piece in Politco contains in its second graph what I conclude was the working title- “How Robert Mueller Is Spending His Midterms”. As they note it’s been a while since we’ve had news on what TMC calls “The Russian Connection” and I, in my less diplomatic way, “The Trump Treason Plot”. Sure there has …
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