The first charge in the articles of impeachment against President Richard M. Nixon was obstruction of justice: Subsequent thereto, Richard M. Nixon, using the powers of his high office, engaged personally and through his subordinates and agents in a course of conduct or plan designed to delay, impede, and obstruct the investigation of such unlawful …
February 2017 archive
Feb 24 2017
Good News (If True)
It’s not much of a secret that I think a major reason fo the Democrats’ lack of electoral success is their embrace of Neo Liberal Republican-lite policies. Not only are Left positions more popular, but they are failing to provide any differentiation that distinguishes them from Republicans except in the areas of Cultural Tolerance and …
Feb 24 2017
the Breakfast Club (The Sting)
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 …
Feb 23 2017
Sausage Grinder of Snark (Not My President Week)
There’s a lot less regularity in these posts now that I’ve liberated them from a slavish devotion to deadlines. I primarily publish things I find funny suggested by the universe of late night TV and politics. I’m not so interested in attacks and rants (unless they’re by Lewis Black who’s always good for a chuckle) …
Feb 23 2017
Trump and the Russian Connection
There is a country song by Garth Brooks called Friends in Low Places. It’s a catchy tune about having friends that aren’t at the top of the social strata. Donald Trump on the other hand has friends in high place but while they may be high up in that social hierarchy, Trump’s friends, much like …
Feb 23 2017
We Need That Pipeline Why Again?
So a guy from a brokerage came by to pitch my Dad, Richard, on pipeline bonds the other day. To his credit he was dead against it on environmental grounds, but as I told him flat out- even if they’re paying 11% today they’re nothing but a Ponzi scheme because we don’t need them. Exxon …
Feb 23 2017
The Breakfast Club (Walk Right In)
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 …
Feb 22 2017
Odds or Onions Challenge XXVIII
Can you pick The Onion without hovering your mouse over the links? Not much of a challenge really, but if you just looked at the headlines you’d have an easy 50 / 50 shot at being wrong. American flag has 51 stars for Pence visit to European Union BRUSSELS— The Star-Spangled Banner looked more starry …
Feb 22 2017
How To Remove A Problem Like Trump
When President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, the was some confusion on succession. The Constitution was not clear on whether the vice president would be president or acting president in the event of the death, resignation, removal or incapacity due to disability. Article II, Section 1, Clause 6 …
Feb 22 2017
The Breakfast Club (Free Speech)
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 …
Feb 21 2017
A Lifeline For Democrats?
The actual question is- will they take it? I’m pretty neutral about whether Keith Ellison or Tom Perez would be better on the issues, Ellison is hardly a paragon of Left values and has only become more and more wimbly as the DNC Leadership contest has continued. He was never as Left as Corbyn, who …
Feb 21 2017
Pedophilia: A Bridge Too Far For White Supremacists (Up Date)
Up Date: 2/21/2017 15:30 Apparently the pressure from colleagues worked, Yianopoilos tendered his resignation from Breitbart this afternoon. Now we should get his bigoted ass shipped back to England. I don’t think I’ll ever understand the white supremacist embrace of a gay provocateur and Breitbart editor like Milo Yiannopoulos. His appearance on “Real Time with …