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Feb 28 2019
A Dangerous Case
The problem with bringing Social Justice cases before this Supreme Court is the likelihood you’ll get a bad result, and therefore set a bad precedent that lower courts will follow and will be difficult to undo (see Dred Scott). In this particular case (actually 2 that are very similar- American Legion v. American Humanist Association …
Feb 28 2019
A Fizzle
Wag The Dog indeed. Unidicted Co-conspirator Bottomless Pinocchio has blown his big foreign policy initiative by walking away with a ‘No Deal Brexit’ from his summit in Hanoi, disappointing the most minimal of expectations of agreement to disagree. ‘Sometimes you have to walk’: Trump leaves summit empty-handed at tough point in presidency By Josh Dawsey …
Feb 27 2019
The Benefit Of The Doubt
So my activist brother asked me, “Who’s that ranty guy in shirt sleeves?” Cody Johnston. “He’s really good.” Yeah, Some More News.
Feb 27 2019
A Piece Of Resistance
Nobody likes the Vanity Project Penis Wall O’ Racism. Not even Republicans. GOP unloads border angst on Pence By BURGESS EVERETT, Politico 02/26/2019 Vice President Mike Pence faced a wall of resistance from Senate Republicans on Tuesday as he tried to sell President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration on the southern border, according to multiple …
Feb 27 2019
Unidicted Co-conspirator Bottomless Pinocchio
I am jaded and cynical. He’s guilty, guilty, guilty you Morans and pretending that he isn’t is to live in the opiod orange haze that envelopes him. Pretty Poppies. Sooo tired Toto. No ‘new’ in news, just in 3D IMAX and whatever Dolby it is that includes the vibrating chairs. Like them vibrating chairs. Anyway, …
Feb 26 2019
Bridgegate
The only things wrong with this is that Chris Christie is not in jail and I don’t think Baroni is being sincere in his regret. He only cares that he got caught. Bridgegate conspirator blames Christie’s ‘cult and culture’ ahead of prison sentence By RYAN HUTCHINS, Politico 02/26/2019 One of the conspirators behind the George …
Feb 26 2019
At Last Corbyn Takes The Correct Position On Brexit
To be fair there is a Left case to make against the EU based on Corporatist Regulation and Labor reservations about free movement diluting the Demand for Labor and reducing wages, both of which are very real. Just about half the Party falls in the Leave camp so moves in support of Remaining in the …
Feb 25 2019
Pretty Much What I’ve Been Saying
There is no political downside to Lefty ideas and policy. They are popular with huge majorities, even of Republicans. Republicans will call any Democrat a Communist, even the most conservative, and will never, ever vote for one. Why chase that impossible constituency? Why not instead concentrate on delivering effective Government and popular programs? The only …
Feb 25 2019
Madam Zelda! Madam Zelda!
Is it true this house is haunted? Silence! The Spirits are about to speak. (Thunder. Strobes) I see death, Death, DEATH! (Blackout) Yeah, that sketch took about as long to write as it did to type but it was highly successful on the Haunted House circuit, 15 days, 30 or 40 shows a night. It’s …